Somalia vs Venezuela
Venezuela is 43% larger than Somalia.
SomaliaVenezuelaSomalia moved onto Venezuela · Equal-area projection
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Somalia is 0.7× the area of Venezuela. Put the other way, Venezuela is 1.43× the size of Somalia.
| Somalia | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 912,050 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 28,516,896 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Caracas |
| Region | Eastern Africa | South America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 3 |
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; Venezuela at 7° N 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 Venezuela?
- No. Somalia is 30% smaller than Venezuela. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Venezuela covers 912,050 km².
- How many times does Somalia fit into Venezuela?
- About 1.4 times: Venezuela has 1.43× the area of Somalia.
- Why do Somalia and Venezuela 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 Venezuela 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 Venezuela?
- Venezuela: 28,516,896 people against 19,654,739. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Venezuela 31 per km².