Ghana vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 4.32 times larger than Ghana. Ghana would fit into Mauritania about 4.3 times.
GhanaMauritaniaGhana moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Ghana is 0.23× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 4.32× the size of Ghana.
| Ghana | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 238,535 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 35,064,272 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 147 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Accra | Nouakchott |
| Region | Western Africa | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Ghana sits at about 8°N and is stretched to 1.02× 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 Ghana bigger than Mauritania?
- No. Ghana is 4.32 times smaller than Mauritania. Ghana covers 238,535 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Ghana fit into Mauritania?
- About 4.3 times: Mauritania has 4.32× the area of Ghana.
- Why do Ghana and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Ghana is drawn about 1.02× 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, Ghana or Mauritania?
- Ghana: 35,064,272 people against 5,315,065. Density: Ghana 147 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².