Europe · True size
🇩🇰 Denmark
1.3×
Denmark looks 1.3× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
42,411 km²
On the old map
1.3×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#10
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.03%
On the old map
Denmark looks about the same size as Togo on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Denmark at the size the old map gives it, next to Togo's true size. Denmark's real area is 42,411 km² — Togo is 57,156 km².
By area
Denmark would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Israel fits inside Denmark 1.9 times. Qatar fits inside Denmark 3.8 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°. Denmark's middle sits at 56°N, where the stretch is about 3.2×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Denmark's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.
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