Indonesia vs Lesotho
Indonesia is 62.7 times larger than Lesotho. Lesotho would fit into Indonesia about 63 times.
IndonesiaLesothoIndonesia moved onto Lesotho · Equal-area projection
62.7×
Indonesia is 62.7× the area of Lesotho.
| Indonesia | Lesotho | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,904,570 km² | 30,355 km² |
| Population | 285,721,236 | 2,363,325 |
| Density | 150 / km² | 78 / km² |
| Capital | Jakarta | Maseru |
| Region | South-Eastern Asia | Southern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Landlocked |
| Neighbours | 3 | 1 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Indonesia sits at about 2°S and is stretched to 1.0× its true area; Lesotho at 30° S is stretched to 1.32×. 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 Indonesia bigger than Lesotho?
- Yes. Indonesia is 62.7 times larger than Lesotho. Indonesia covers 1,904,570 km² and Lesotho covers 30,355 km².
- How many times does Lesotho fit into Indonesia?
- About 63 times: Indonesia has 62.7× the area of Lesotho.
- Why do Indonesia and Lesotho look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Indonesia is drawn about 1.0× its true area there and Lesotho about 1.32×. 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, Indonesia or Lesotho?
- Indonesia: 285,721,236 people against 2,363,325. Density: Indonesia 150 per km², Lesotho 78 per km².