Guinea-Bissau vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is 82% larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Sri Lanka about 1.8 times.
Guinea-BissauSri LankaGuinea-Bissau moved onto Sri Lanka · Equal-area projection
0.55×
Guinea-Bissau is 0.55× the area of Sri Lanka. Put the other way, Sri Lanka is 1.82× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
| Guinea-Bissau | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 36,125 km² | 65,610 km² |
| Population | 2,249,515 | 21,756,000 |
| Density | 62 / km² | 332 / km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Colombo |
| Region | Western Africa | Southern Asia |
| 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; Sri Lanka at 8° N is stretched to 1.02×. 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 Sri Lanka?
- No. Guinea-Bissau is 45% smaller than Sri Lanka. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Sri Lanka covers 65,610 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Sri Lanka?
- About 1.8 times: Sri Lanka has 1.82× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka about 1.02×. 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 Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka: 21,756,000 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Sri Lanka 332 per km².