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Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Seychelles

Seychelles is 71% larger than Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis would fit into Seychelles about 1.7 times.

Saint Kitts and NevisSeychellesSaint Kitts and Nevis moved onto Seychelles · Equal-area projection
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Saint Kitts and Nevis is 0.59× the area of Seychelles. Put the other way, Seychelles is 1.71× the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Saint Kitts and NevisSeychelles
Area269 km²459 km²
Population46,922122,730
Density174 / km²267 / km²
CapitalBasseterreVictoria
RegionCaribbeanEastern Africa
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours00

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Saint Kitts and Nevis sits at about 17°N and is stretched to 1.1× its true area; Seychelles at 5° 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.

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Questions about this pair

Is Saint Kitts and Nevis bigger than Seychelles?
No. Saint Kitts and Nevis is 41% smaller than Seychelles. Saint Kitts and Nevis covers 269 km² and Seychelles covers 459 km².
How many times does Saint Kitts and Nevis fit into Seychelles?
About 1.7 times: Seychelles has 1.71× the area of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Why do Saint Kitts and Nevis and Seychelles look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Saint Kitts and Nevis is drawn about 1.1× its true area there and Seychelles 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, Saint Kitts and Nevis or Seychelles?
Seychelles: 122,730 people against 46,922. Density: Saint Kitts and Nevis 174 per km², Seychelles 267 per km².
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