Somalia vs Vanuatu
Somalia is 52.3 times larger than Vanuatu. Vanuatu would fit into Somalia about 52 times.
SomaliaVanuatuSomalia moved onto Vanuatu · Equal-area projection
52.3×
Somalia is 52.3× the area of Vanuatu.
| Somalia | Vanuatu | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 12,190 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 335,169 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 27 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Port-Vila |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Melanesia |
| 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; Vanuatu at 16° S 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 Vanuatu?
- Yes. Somalia is 52.3 times larger than Vanuatu. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Vanuatu covers 12,190 km².
- How many times does Vanuatu fit into Somalia?
- About 52 times: Somalia has 52.3× the area of Vanuatu.
- Why do Somalia and Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 335,169. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Vanuatu 27 per km².