Guinea-Bissau vs Tanzania
Tanzania is 26.2 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Tanzania about 26 times.
Guinea-BissauTanzaniaGuinea-Bissau moved onto Tanzania · Equal-area projection
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Guinea-Bissau is 0.04× the area of Tanzania. Put the other way, Tanzania is 26.2× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
| Guinea-Bissau | Tanzania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 36,125 km² | 947,303 km² |
| Population | 2,249,515 | 70,545,865 |
| Density | 62 / km² | 74 / km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Dodoma |
| Region | Western Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 8 |
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; Tanzania at 6° S is stretched to 1.01×. 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 Tanzania?
- No. Guinea-Bissau is 26.2 times smaller than Tanzania. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Tanzania covers 947,303 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Tanzania?
- About 26 times: Tanzania has 26.2× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Guinea-Bissau and Tanzania 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 Tanzania about 1.01×. 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 Tanzania?
- Tanzania: 70,545,865 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Tanzania 74 per km².