Somalia vs Tanzania
Tanzania is 49% larger than Somalia.
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Somalia is 0.67× the area of Tanzania. Put the other way, Tanzania is 1.49× the size of Somalia.
| Somalia | Tanzania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 947,303 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 70,545,865 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 74 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Dodoma |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 8 |
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; Tanzania at 6° 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.
Questions about this pair
- Is Somalia bigger than Tanzania?
- No. Somalia is 33% smaller than Tanzania. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Tanzania covers 947,303 km².
- How many times does Somalia fit into Tanzania?
- About 1.5 times: Tanzania has 1.49× the area of Somalia.
- Why do Somalia and Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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, Somalia or Tanzania?
- Tanzania: 70,545,865 people against 19,654,739. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Tanzania 74 per km².