Guinea-Bissau vs Madagascar
Madagascar is 16.3 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Madagascar about 16 times.
Guinea-BissauMadagascarGuinea-Bissau moved onto Madagascar · Equal-area projection
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Guinea-Bissau is 0.06× the area of Madagascar. Put the other way, Madagascar is 16.3× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
| Guinea-Bissau | Madagascar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 36,125 km² | 587,295 km² |
| Population | 2,249,515 | 32,740,678 |
| Density | 62 / km² | 56 / km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Antananarivo |
| Region | Western Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 0 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Guinea-Bissau sits at about 12°N and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Madagascar at 19° S is stretched to 1.12×. 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 Guinea-Bissau bigger than Madagascar?
- No. Guinea-Bissau is 16.3 times smaller than Madagascar. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Madagascar covers 587,295 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Madagascar?
- About 16 times: Madagascar has 16.3× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Guinea-Bissau is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Madagascar about 1.12×. 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, Guinea-Bissau or Madagascar?
- Madagascar: 32,740,678 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Madagascar 56 per km².