Namibia vs Peru
Peru is 56% larger than Namibia. Namibia would fit into Peru about 1.6 times.
NamibiaPeruNamibia moved onto Peru · Equal-area projection
0.64×
Namibia is 0.64× the area of Peru. Put the other way, Peru is 1.56× the size of Namibia.
| Namibia | Peru | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 825,615 km² | 1,285,216 km² |
| Population | 3,092,816 | 34,576,665 |
| Density | 3.7 / km² | 27 / km² |
| Capital | Windhoek | Lima |
| Region | Southern Africa | South America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 4 | 5 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Namibia sits at about 22°S and is stretched to 1.16× its true area; Peru at 9° S is stretched to 1.03×. 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 Namibia bigger than Peru?
- No. Namibia is 36% smaller than Peru. Namibia covers 825,615 km² and Peru covers 1,285,216 km².
- How many times does Namibia fit into Peru?
- About 1.6 times: Peru has 1.56× the area of Namibia.
- Why do Namibia and Peru look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Namibia is drawn about 1.16× its true area there and Peru about 1.03×. 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, Namibia or Peru?
- Peru: 34,576,665 people against 3,092,816. Density: Namibia 3.7 per km², Peru 27 per km².