Somalia vs Timor-Leste
Somalia is 42.7 times larger than Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste would fit into Somalia about 43 times.
SomaliaTimor-LesteSomalia moved onto Timor-Leste · Equal-area projection
42.7×
Somalia is 42.7× the area of Timor-Leste.
| Somalia | Timor-Leste | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 14,919 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 1,418,517 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 95 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Dili |
| Region | Eastern Africa | South-Eastern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 1 |
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; Timor-Leste at 9° S 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 Somalia bigger than Timor-Leste?
- Yes. Somalia is 42.7 times larger than Timor-Leste. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Timor-Leste covers 14,919 km².
- How many times does Timor-Leste fit into Somalia?
- About 43 times: Somalia has 42.7× the area of Timor-Leste.
- Why do Somalia and Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste 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, Somalia or Timor-Leste?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 1,418,517. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Timor-Leste 95 per km².