North America · True size
🇸🇻 El Salvador
2.3×
El Salvador is drawn 2.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
20,401 km²
On the old map
2.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#126
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
El Salvador looks about the same size as Puerto Rico on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: El Salvador at the size the old map gives it, next to Puerto Rico's true size. El Salvador's real area is 20,401 km² — Puerto Rico is 8,936 km².
By area
El Salvador would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside El Salvador 1.8 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°. El Salvador's middle sits at 14°N, where the stretch is about 1.1×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares El Salvador's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.