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Equatorial Guinea vs Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is 80.2 times larger than Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea would fit into Saudi Arabia about 80 times.

Equatorial GuineaSaudi ArabiaEquatorial Guinea moved onto Saudi Arabia · Equal-area projection
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Equatorial Guinea is 0.01× the area of Saudi Arabia. Put the other way, Saudi Arabia is 80.2× the size of Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial GuineaSaudi Arabia
Area28,051 km²2,250,000 km²
Population1,938,43136,973,555
Density69 / km²16 / km²
CapitalMalaboRiyadh
RegionMiddle AfricaWestern Asia
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours27

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Equatorial Guinea sits at about 2°N and is stretched to 1.0× its true area; Saudi Arabia at 24° N is stretched to 1.2×. 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.

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Questions about this pair

Is Equatorial Guinea bigger than Saudi Arabia?
No. Equatorial Guinea is 80.2 times smaller than Saudi Arabia. Equatorial Guinea covers 28,051 km² and Saudi Arabia covers 2,250,000 km².
How many times does Equatorial Guinea fit into Saudi Arabia?
About 80 times: Saudi Arabia has 80.2× the area of Equatorial Guinea.
Why do Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Equatorial Guinea is drawn about 1.0× its true area there and Saudi Arabia about 1.2×. 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, Equatorial Guinea or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia: 36,973,555 people against 1,938,431. Density: Equatorial Guinea 69 per km², Saudi Arabia 16 per km².
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