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Equatorial Guinea vs US Virgin Islands

Equatorial Guinea is 81.1 times larger than US Virgin Islands. US Virgin Islands would fit into Equatorial Guinea about 81 times.

Equatorial GuineaUS Virgin IslandsEquatorial Guinea moved onto US Virgin Islands · Equal-area projection
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Equatorial Guinea is 81.1× the area of US Virgin Islands.
Equatorial GuineaUS Virgin Islands
Area28,051 km²346 km²
Population1,938,431103,792
Density69 / km²300 / km²
CapitalMalaboCharlotte Amalie
RegionMiddle AfricaCaribbean
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours20

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; US Virgin Islands at 18° N is stretched to 1.11×. 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 US Virgin Islands?
Yes. Equatorial Guinea is 81.1 times larger than US Virgin Islands. Equatorial Guinea covers 28,051 km² and US Virgin Islands covers 346 km².
How many times does US Virgin Islands fit into Equatorial Guinea?
About 81 times: Equatorial Guinea has 81.1× the area of US Virgin Islands.
Why do Equatorial Guinea and US Virgin Islands 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 US Virgin Islands about 1.11×. 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 US Virgin Islands?
Equatorial Guinea: 1,938,431 people against 103,792. Density: Equatorial Guinea 69 per km², US Virgin Islands 300 per km².
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