Africa · True size
🇩🇿 Algeria
1.9×
Algeria is drawn 1.9× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
2,322,822 km²
On the old map
1.9×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#79
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
1.73%
On the old map
Algeria looks about the same size as Angola on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Algeria at the size the old map gives it, next to Angola's true size. Algeria's real area is 2,322,822 km² — Angola is 1,249,399 km².
By area
Algeria is big enough to fit Greenland inside it, by area — 2,154,786 km² combined.
Algeria would fit inside Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kazakhstan and Argentina, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Algeria 9.7 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Algeria 33 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°. Algeria's middle sits at 28°N, where the stretch is about 1.3×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Algeria's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.