Gambia vs Honduras
Honduras is 9.96 times larger than Gambia. Gambia would fit into Honduras about 10.0 times.
GambiaHondurasGambia moved onto Honduras · Equal-area projection
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Gambia is 0.1× the area of Honduras. Put the other way, Honduras is 9.96× the size of Gambia.
| Gambia | Honduras | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 11,300 km² | 112,492 km² |
| Population | 2,822,093 | 11,005,850 |
| Density | 250 / km² | 98 / km² |
| Capital | Banjul | Tegucigalpa |
| Region | Western Africa | Central America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 3 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Gambia sits at about 13°N and is stretched to 1.06× its true area; Honduras at 15° N is stretched to 1.07×. 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 Gambia bigger than Honduras?
- No. Gambia is 9.96 times smaller than Honduras. Gambia covers 11,300 km² and Honduras covers 112,492 km².
- How many times does Gambia fit into Honduras?
- About 10.0 times: Honduras has 9.96× the area of Gambia.
- Why do Gambia and Honduras look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Gambia is drawn about 1.06× its true area there and Honduras about 1.07×. 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, Gambia or Honduras?
- Honduras: 11,005,850 people against 2,822,093. Density: Gambia 250 per km², Honduras 98 per km².