Kenya vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 77% larger than Kenya. Kenya would fit into Mauritania about 1.8 times.
KenyaMauritaniaKenya moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Kenya is 0.56× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 1.77× the size of Kenya.
| Kenya | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 581,309 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 57,532,493 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 99 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Nairobi | Nouakchott |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 5 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Kenya sits at about 1°N and is stretched to 1.0× its true area; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. 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 Kenya bigger than Mauritania?
- No. Kenya is 44% smaller than Mauritania. Kenya covers 581,309 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Kenya fit into Mauritania?
- About 1.8 times: Mauritania has 1.77× the area of Kenya.
- Why do Kenya and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Kenya is drawn about 1.0× its true area there and Mauritania about 1.14×. 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, Kenya or Mauritania?
- Kenya: 57,532,493 people against 5,315,065. Density: Kenya 99 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².