Guinea vs Namibia
Namibia is 3.36 times larger than Guinea. Guinea would fit into Namibia about 3.4 times.
GuineaNamibiaGuinea moved onto Namibia · Equal-area projection
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Guinea is 0.3× the area of Namibia. Put the other way, Namibia is 3.36× the size of Guinea.
| Guinea | Namibia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 245,857 km² | 825,615 km² |
| Population | 15,099,727 | 3,092,816 |
| Density | 61 / km² | 3.7 / km² |
| Capital | Conakry | Windhoek |
| Region | Western Africa | Southern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Guinea sits at about 10°N and is stretched to 1.03× its true area; Namibia at 22° S is stretched to 1.16×. 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 bigger than Namibia?
- No. Guinea is 3.36 times smaller than Namibia. Guinea covers 245,857 km² and Namibia covers 825,615 km².
- How many times does Guinea fit into Namibia?
- About 3.4 times: Namibia has 3.36× the area of Guinea.
- Why do Guinea and Namibia look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Guinea is drawn about 1.03× its true area there and Namibia about 1.16×. 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 or Namibia?
- Guinea: 15,099,727 people against 3,092,816. Density: Guinea 61 per km², Namibia 3.7 per km².