Guinea-Bissau vs Togo
Togo is 57% larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Togo about 1.6 times.
Guinea-BissauTogoGuinea-Bissau moved onto Togo · Equal-area projection
0.64×
Guinea-Bissau is 0.64× the area of Togo. Put the other way, Togo is 1.57× the size of Guinea-Bissau.
| Guinea-Bissau | Togo | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 36,125 km² | 56,785 km² |
| Population | 2,249,515 | 8,591,626 |
| Density | 62 / km² | 151 / km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Lome |
| Region | Western Africa | Western Africa |
| 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; Togo at 9° 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 Togo?
- No. Guinea-Bissau is 36% smaller than Togo. Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km² and Togo covers 56,785 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Togo?
- About 1.6 times: Togo has 1.57× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Guinea-Bissau and Togo 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 Togo 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 Togo?
- Togo: 8,591,626 people against 2,249,515. Density: Guinea-Bissau 62 per km², Togo 151 per km².