Saint Helena vs Western Sahara
Western Sahara is 675 times larger than Saint Helena. Saint Helena would fit into Western Sahara about 675 times.
Saint HelenaWestern SaharaSaint Helena moved onto Western Sahara · Equal-area projection
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Saint Helena is 0.0× the area of Western Sahara. Put the other way, Western Sahara is 675× the size of Saint Helena.
| Saint Helena | Western Sahara | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 394 km² | 266,000 km² |
| Population | 5,633 | 612,000 |
| Density | 14 / km² | 2.3 / km² |
| Capital | Jamestown | — |
| Region | Western Africa | Northern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 3 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Saint Helena sits at about 12°S and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Western Sahara at 24° N is stretched to 1.2×. 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 Saint Helena bigger than Western Sahara?
- No. Saint Helena is 675 times smaller than Western Sahara. Saint Helena covers 394 km² and Western Sahara covers 266,000 km².
- How many times does Saint Helena fit into Western Sahara?
- About 675 times: Western Sahara has 675× the area of Saint Helena.
- Why do Saint Helena and Western Sahara look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Saint Helena is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Western Sahara about 1.2×. 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, Saint Helena or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara: 612,000 people against 5,633. Density: Saint Helena 14 per km², Western Sahara 2.3 per km².