Somalia vs Vietnam
Somalia is 92% larger than Vietnam. Vietnam would fit into Somalia about 1.9 times.
SomaliaVietnamSomalia moved onto Vietnam · Equal-area projection
1.92×
Somalia is 1.92× the area of Vietnam.
| Somalia | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 331,690 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 101,598,527 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 306 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Hanoi |
| Region | Eastern Africa | South-Eastern Asia |
| 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; Vietnam at 17° N is stretched to 1.09×. 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 Vietnam?
- Yes. Somalia is 92% larger than Vietnam. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Vietnam covers 331,690 km².
- How many times does Vietnam fit into Somalia?
- About 1.9 times: Somalia has 1.92× the area of Vietnam.
- Why do Somalia and Vietnam 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 Vietnam about 1.09×. 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 Vietnam?
- Vietnam: 101,598,527 people against 19,654,739. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Vietnam 306 per km².