North America · True size
🇧🇸 the Bahamas
2.0×
the Bahamas is drawn 2.0× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
12,658 km²
On the old map
2.0×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#90
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
the Bahamas looks about the same size as Palestine on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: the Bahamas at the size the old map gives it, next to Palestine's true size. the Bahamas's real area is 12,658 km² — Palestine is 6,336 km².
By area
the Bahamas would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
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°. The Bahamas's middle sits at 24°N, where the stretch is about 1.2×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares the Bahamas's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.