El Salvador vs Malaysia
Malaysia is 15.7 times larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Malaysia about 16 times.
El SalvadorMalaysiaEl Salvador moved onto Malaysia · Equal-area projection
0.06×
El Salvador is 0.06× the area of Malaysia. Put the other way, Malaysia is 15.7× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 330,803 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 35,977,838 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 109 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Kuala Lumpur |
| Region | Central America | South-Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 3 |
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; Malaysia at 4° N is stretched to 1.0×. 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 Malaysia?
- No. El Salvador is 15.7 times smaller than Malaysia. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Malaysia covers 330,803 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Malaysia?
- About 16 times: Malaysia has 15.7× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Malaysia 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 Malaysia about 1.0×. 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 Malaysia?
- Malaysia: 35,977,838 people against 6,365,503. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Malaysia 109 per km².