Europe · True size
🇪🇪 Estonia
1.5×
Estonia looks 1.5× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
45,443 km²
On the old map
1.5×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#8
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.03%
On the old map
Estonia looks about the same size as Georgia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Estonia at the size the old map gives it, next to Georgia's true size. Estonia's real area is 45,443 km² — Georgia is 69,298 km².
By area
Estonia would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Israel fits inside Estonia 2.0 times. Qatar fits inside Estonia 4.1 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°. Estonia's middle sits at 59°N, where the stretch is about 3.7×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Estonia's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.
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