Europe · True size
🇦🇱 Albania
1.4×
Albania is drawn 1.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
28,337 km²
On the old map
1.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#47
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Albania looks about the same size as El Salvador on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Albania at the size the old map gives it, next to El Salvador's true size. Albania's real area is 28,337 km² — El Salvador is 20,401 km².
By area
Albania would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Albania 2.6 times.
Why the old map gets it wrong
The old map stretches land more the further it is from the equator — twice the area at 45°, four times at 60°. Albania's middle sits at 41°N, where the stretch is about 1.8×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Albania's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.