Europe · True size
🇫🇮 Finland
2.3×
Finland looks 2.3× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
330,486 km²
On the old map
2.3×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#4
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.25%
On the old map
Finland looks about the same size as Zambia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Finland at the size the old map gives it, next to Zambia's true size. Finland's real area is 330,486 km² — Zambia is 755,605 km².
By area
Finland is big enough to fit Vietnam inside it, by area — 328,964 km² combined.
Finland would fit inside Germany, Japan and Norway, by area.
How many fit?
United Arab Emirates fits inside Finland 4.6 times. South Korea fits inside Finland 3.4 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°. Finland's middle sits at 64°N, where the stretch is about 5.3×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Finland's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.