Strait of Mandeb size comparison
1,450 km2 / 560 mile2
The Bab-el-Mandeb is a vital 18-mile-wide (29 km) strait acting as a crucial global maritime chokepoint between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.
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Strait of Mandeb compared to Saved places
Strait of Mandeb compared to water bodies
Lake Champlain is
0.92 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lake Chapala (Mexico) is
0.76 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Dead Sea is
0.42 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lake Como (Italy) is
0.10 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lake Garda (Italy) is
0.26 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lake Tahoe is
0.34 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Strait of Mandeb compared to countries / states
Andorra is
0.32 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Albania is
20 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Austria is
58 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Mount Athos (Greece) is
0.23 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Bosnia and Herzegovina is
35 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Belgium is
21 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Benelux Union is
53 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Bulgaria is
76 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Switzerland is
28 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Crimea is
19 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Czech Republic is
54 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Czechoslovakia is
88 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Denmark is
30 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Estonia is
31 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
England is
90 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Greece (mainland) is
76 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Croatia is
39 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Hungary is
64 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Republic of Ireland is
48 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Iceland is
71 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Kosovo is
7.52 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Liechtenstein is
0.11 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lithuania is
45 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Luxembourg is
1.78 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Latvia is
45 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Moldova is
23 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Montenegro is
9.53 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
North Macedonia is
18 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Netherlands is
29 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Northern Ireland is
9.74 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Northern Cyprus is
2.31 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Portugal is
64 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Serbia is
61 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Scotland is
54 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Slovenia is
14 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Slovakia is
34 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
San Marino is
0.04 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Transnistria is
2.87 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Wales is
14 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
UAE (United Arab Emirates) is
58 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Armenia is
21 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Republic of Artsakh is
2.19 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Azerbaijan is
60 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Bangladesh is
99 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Bahrain is
0.53 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Brunei is
3.98 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Bhutan is
26 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Chukchi Peninsula is
35 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Fiji is
13 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Georgia is
48 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Israel is
14 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Jordan is
62 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
North Korea is
83 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
South Korea is
69 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Kuwait is
12 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lebanon is
7.17 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Sri Lanka is
45 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Maldives is
0.21 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Nagorno-Karabakh is
3.03 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan) is
3.80 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
South Ossetia is
2.69 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Palestine is
4.15 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Qatar is
7.98 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Tajikistan is
99 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
East Timor is
10 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Taiwan is
25 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
West Bank is
3.90 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is
29 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Alabama (US) is
94 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Arkansas (US) is
94 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Connecticut (US) is
9.90 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Delaware (US) is
3.54 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Hawaii (US) is
20 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Indiana (US) is
65 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Kentucky (US) is
72 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Louisiana (US) is
93 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Massachusetts (US) is
19 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Maryland (US) is
22 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Maine (US) is
63 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Mississippi (US) is
87 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
North Carolina (US) is
96 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
New Hampshire (US) is
17 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
New Jersey (US) is
16 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
New York State (US) is
97 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Ohio (US) is
80 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Pennsylvania (US) is
82 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Rhode Island (US) is
2.17 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
South Carolina (US) is
57 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Tennessee (US) is
75 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Virginia (US) is
76 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Vermont (US) is
17 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
West Virginia (US) is
43 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Belize is
16 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Costa Rica is
35 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Cuba is
76 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Dominican Republic is
34 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Grenada is
0.21 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Guatemala is
75 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
French Guiana is
58 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Honduras is
78 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Haiti is
19 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Jamaica is
7.58 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Mojave Desert is
86 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Nicaragua is
90 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Panama is
52 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Puerto Rico (US) is
6.28 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
El Salvador is
15 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Burundi is
19 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Bir Tawil is
1.42 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Djibouti is
16 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Gambia is
7.79 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Equatorial Guinea is
19 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Guinea-Bissau is
25 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Halaib Triangle is
14 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Lesotho is
21 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Rwanda is
18 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Sierra Leone is
49 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Eswatini (Swaziland) is
12 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb
Togo is
39 times
as big as Strait of Mandeb