Africa · True size
🇨🇲 Cameroon
2.4×
Cameroon is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
465,909 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#160
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.35%
On the old map
Cameroon looks about the same size as Senegal on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Cameroon at the size the old map gives it, next to Senegal's true size. Cameroon's real area is 465,909 km² — Senegal is 197,303 km².
By area
Cameroon is big enough to fit Sweden inside it, by area — 442,977 km² combined.
Cameroon would fit inside Somalia, Spain and Thailand, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Cameroon 1.9 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Cameroon 6.5 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°. Cameroon's middle sits at 6°N, where the stretch is about 1.0×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Cameroon's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.