Samoa vs Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is 25.2 times larger than Samoa. Samoa would fit into Sierra Leone about 25 times.
SamoaSierra LeoneSamoa moved onto Sierra Leone · Equal-area projection
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Samoa is 0.04× the area of Sierra Leone. Put the other way, Sierra Leone is 25.2× the size of Samoa.
| Samoa | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,842 km² | 71,740 km² |
| Population | 219,306 | 8,819,794 |
| Density | 77 / km² | 123 / km² |
| Capital | Apia | Freetown |
| Region | Polynesia | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Samoa sits at about 14°S and is stretched to 1.06× its true area; Sierra Leone at 9° N is stretched to 1.02×. 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 Samoa bigger than Sierra Leone?
- No. Samoa is 25.2 times smaller than Sierra Leone. Samoa covers 2,842 km² and Sierra Leone covers 71,740 km².
- How many times does Samoa fit into Sierra Leone?
- About 25 times: Sierra Leone has 25.2× the area of Samoa.
- Why do Samoa and Sierra Leone look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Samoa is drawn about 1.06× its true area there and Sierra Leone about 1.02×. 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, Samoa or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone: 8,819,794 people against 219,306. Density: Samoa 77 per km², Sierra Leone 123 per km².