Asia · True size
🇦🇲 Armenia
1.4×
Armenia is drawn 1.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
29,568 km²
On the old map
1.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#50
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Armenia looks about the same size as Djibouti on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Armenia at the size the old map gives it, next to Djibouti's true size. Armenia's real area is 29,568 km² — Djibouti is 21,693 km².
By area
Armenia would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Armenia 2.7 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°. Armenia's middle sits at 40°N, where the stretch is about 1.7×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Armenia's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.