Madagascar vs Tanzania
Tanzania is 61% larger than Madagascar. Madagascar would fit into Tanzania about 1.6 times.
MadagascarTanzaniaMadagascar moved onto Tanzania · Equal-area projection
0.62×
Madagascar is 0.62× the area of Tanzania. Put the other way, Tanzania is 1.61× the size of Madagascar.
| Madagascar | Tanzania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 587,295 km² | 947,303 km² |
| Population | 32,740,678 | 70,545,865 |
| Density | 56 / km² | 74 / km² |
| Capital | Antananarivo | Dodoma |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 8 |
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; Tanzania at 6° S is stretched to 1.01×. 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 Tanzania?
- No. Madagascar is 38% smaller than Tanzania. Madagascar covers 587,295 km² and Tanzania covers 947,303 km².
- How many times does Madagascar fit into Tanzania?
- About 1.6 times: Tanzania has 1.61× the area of Madagascar.
- Why do Madagascar and Tanzania 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 Tanzania about 1.01×. 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 Tanzania?
- Tanzania: 70,545,865 people against 32,740,678. Density: Madagascar 56 per km², Tanzania 74 per km².