Madagascar vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 75% larger than Madagascar. Madagascar would fit into Mauritania about 1.8 times.
MadagascarMauritaniaMadagascar moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
0.57×
Madagascar is 0.57× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 1.75× the size of Madagascar.
| Madagascar | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 587,295 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 32,740,678 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 56 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Antananarivo | Nouakchott |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Madagascar sits at about 19°S and is stretched to 1.12× 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 Madagascar bigger than Mauritania?
- No. Madagascar is 43% smaller than Mauritania. Madagascar covers 587,295 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Madagascar fit into Mauritania?
- About 1.8 times: Mauritania has 1.75× the area of Madagascar.
- Why do Madagascar and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Madagascar is drawn about 1.12× 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, Madagascar or Mauritania?
- Madagascar: 32,740,678 people against 5,315,065. Density: Madagascar 56 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².