El Salvador vs Madagascar
Madagascar is 27.9 times larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Madagascar about 28 times.
El SalvadorMadagascarEl Salvador moved onto Madagascar · Equal-area projection
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El Salvador is 0.04× the area of Madagascar. Put the other way, Madagascar is 27.9× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Madagascar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 587,295 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 32,740,678 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 56 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Antananarivo |
| Region | Central America | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 0 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. El Salvador sits at about 14°N and is stretched to 1.06× its true area; Madagascar at 19° S is stretched to 1.12×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is El Salvador bigger than Madagascar?
- No. El Salvador is 27.9 times smaller than Madagascar. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Madagascar covers 587,295 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Madagascar?
- About 28 times: Madagascar has 27.9× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Madagascar look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. El Salvador is drawn about 1.06× its true area there and Madagascar about 1.12×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, El Salvador or Madagascar?
- Madagascar: 32,740,678 people against 6,365,503. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Madagascar 56 per km².