Somalia vs Sudan
Sudan is 2.96 times larger than Somalia. Somalia would fit into Sudan about 3.0 times.
SomaliaSudanSomalia moved onto Sudan · Equal-area projection
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Somalia is 0.34× the area of Sudan. Put the other way, Sudan is 2.96× the size of Somalia.
| Somalia | Sudan | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 1,886,068 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 51,662,147 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 27 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Khartoum |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Northern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 7 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Somalia sits at about 5°N and is stretched to 1.01× its true area; Sudan at 16° N is stretched to 1.08×. 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 Somalia bigger than Sudan?
- No. Somalia is 2.96 times smaller than Sudan. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Sudan covers 1,886,068 km².
- How many times does Somalia fit into Sudan?
- About 3.0 times: Sudan has 2.96× the area of Somalia.
- Why do Somalia and Sudan look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Somalia is drawn about 1.01× its true area there and Sudan about 1.08×. 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, Somalia or Sudan?
- Sudan: 51,662,147 people against 19,654,739. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Sudan 27 per km².