Namibia vs Tanzania
Tanzania is 15% larger than Namibia.
NamibiaTanzaniaNamibia moved onto Tanzania · Equal-area projection
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Namibia is 0.87× the area of Tanzania. Put the other way, Tanzania is 1.15× the size of Namibia.
| Namibia | Tanzania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 825,615 km² | 947,303 km² |
| Population | 3,092,816 | 70,545,865 |
| Density | 3.7 / km² | 74 / km² |
| Capital | Windhoek | Dodoma |
| Region | Southern Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 4 | 8 |
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; 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 Namibia bigger than Tanzania?
- No. Namibia is 13% smaller than Tanzania. Namibia covers 825,615 km² and Tanzania covers 947,303 km².
- How many times does Namibia fit into Tanzania?
- About 1.1 times: Tanzania has 1.15× the area of Namibia.
- Why do Namibia and Tanzania 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 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, Namibia or Tanzania?
- Tanzania: 70,545,865 people against 3,092,816. Density: Namibia 3.7 per km², Tanzania 74 per km².