El Salvador vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 49.0 times larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Mauritania about 49 times.
El SalvadorMauritaniaEl Salvador moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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El Salvador is 0.02× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 49.0× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Nouakchott |
| Region | Central America | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 4 |
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; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. 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 Mauritania?
- No. El Salvador is 49.0 times smaller than Mauritania. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Mauritania?
- About 49 times: Mauritania has 49.0× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Mauritania 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 Mauritania about 1.14×. 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 Mauritania?
- El Salvador: 6,365,503 people against 5,315,065. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².