Guinea-Bissau vs Myanmar
Myanmar is 18.7 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Myanmar about 19 times.
Guinea-BissauMyanmarGuinea-Bissau moved onto Myanmar · Equal-area projection
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Guinea-Bissau is 0.05× the area of Myanmar. Put the other way, Myanmar is 18.7× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
| Guinea-Bissau | Myanmar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 36,125 km² | 676,577 km² |
| Population | 2,249,515 | 54,850,648 |
| Density | 62 / km² | 81 / km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Naypyidaw |
| Region | Western Africa | South-Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 5 |
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; Myanmar at 21° N is stretched to 1.15×. 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 Myanmar?
- No. Guinea-Bissau is 18.7 times smaller than Myanmar. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Myanmar covers 676,577 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Myanmar?
- About 19 times: Myanmar has 18.7× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Guinea-Bissau and Myanmar 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 Myanmar about 1.15×. 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 Myanmar?
- Myanmar: 54,850,648 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Myanmar 81 per km².