Europe · True size
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.2×
Bosnia and Herzegovina is drawn 1.2× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
51,691 km²
On the old map
1.2×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#37
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.04%
On the old map
Bosnia and Herzegovina looks about the same size as Switzerland on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Bosnia and Herzegovina at the size the old map gives it, next to Switzerland's true size. Bosnia and Herzegovina's real area is 51,691 km² — Switzerland is 41,215 km².
By area
Bosnia and Herzegovina would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Israel fits inside Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.3 times. Qatar fits inside Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.7 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°. Bosnia and Herzegovina's middle sits at 44°N, where the stretch is about 1.9×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Bosnia and Herzegovina's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.