Haiti vs Malaysia
Malaysia is 11.9 times larger than Haiti. Haiti would fit into Malaysia about 12 times.
HaitiMalaysiaHaiti moved onto Malaysia · Equal-area projection
0.08×
Haiti is 0.08× the area of Malaysia. Put the other way, Malaysia is 11.9× the size of Haiti.
| Haiti | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 27,750 km² | 330,803 km² |
| Population | 11,906,095 | 35,977,838 |
| Density | 429 / km² | 109 / km² |
| Capital | Port-au-Prince | Kuala Lumpur |
| Region | Caribbean | South-Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 3 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Haiti sits at about 19°N and is stretched to 1.12× its true area; Malaysia at 4° N is stretched to 1.0×. 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 Haiti bigger than Malaysia?
- No. Haiti is 11.9 times smaller than Malaysia. Haiti covers 27,750 km² and Malaysia covers 330,803 km².
- How many times does Haiti fit into Malaysia?
- About 12 times: Malaysia has 11.9× the area of Haiti.
- Why do Haiti and Malaysia look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Haiti is drawn about 1.12× its true area there and Malaysia about 1.0×. 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, Haiti or Malaysia?
- Malaysia: 35,977,838 people against 11,906,095. Density: Haiti 429 per km², Malaysia 109 per km².