Somalia vs Taiwan
Somalia is 17.6 times larger than Taiwan. Taiwan would fit into Somalia about 18 times.
SomaliaTaiwanSomalia moved onto Taiwan · Equal-area projection
17.6×
Somalia is 17.6× the area of Taiwan.
| Somalia | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 36,193 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 23,262,544 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 643 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Taipei |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 0 |
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; Taiwan at 24° N is stretched to 1.19×. 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 Taiwan?
- Yes. Somalia is 17.6 times larger than Taiwan. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Taiwan covers 36,193 km².
- How many times does Taiwan fit into Somalia?
- About 18 times: Somalia has 17.6× the area of Taiwan.
- Why do Somalia and Taiwan 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 Taiwan about 1.19×. 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 Taiwan?
- Taiwan: 23,262,544 people against 19,654,739. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Taiwan 643 per km².