Africa · True size
🇩🇯 Djibouti
2.3×
Djibouti is drawn 2.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
21,693 km²
On the old map
2.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#137
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Djibouti looks about the same size as Puerto Rico on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Djibouti at the size the old map gives it, next to Puerto Rico's true size. Djibouti's real area is 21,693 km² — Puerto Rico is 8,936 km².
By area
Djibouti would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Djibouti 2.0 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°. Djibouti's middle sits at 12°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 Djibouti's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.