Guinea-Bissau vs Mexico
Mexico is 54.6 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Mexico about 55 times.
Guinea-BissauMexicoGuinea-Bissau moved onto Mexico · Equal-area projection
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Guinea-Bissau is 0.02× the area of Mexico. Put the other way, Mexico is 54.6× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
| Guinea-Bissau | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 36,125 km² | 1,972,550 km² |
| Population | 2,249,515 | 131,946,900 |
| Density | 62 / km² | 67 / km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Mexico City |
| Region | Western Africa | Central America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 3 |
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; Mexico 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.
Questions about this pair
- Is Guinea-Bissau bigger than Mexico?
- No. Guinea-Bissau is 54.6 times smaller than Mexico. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Mexico covers 1,972,550 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Mexico?
- About 55 times: Mexico has 54.6× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Guinea-Bissau and Mexico 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 Mexico 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, Guinea-Bissau or Mexico?
- Mexico: 131,946,900 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Mexico 67 per km².