Africa · True size
🇬🇲 the Gambia
2.3×
the Gambia is drawn 2.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
10,324 km²
On the old map
2.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#128
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
the Gambia looks about the same size as Trinidad and Tobago on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: the Gambia at the size the old map gives it, next to Trinidad and Tobago's true size. the Gambia's real area is 10,324 km² — Trinidad and Tobago is 5,102 km².
By area
the Gambia would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
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°. The Gambia's middle sits at 13°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 the Gambia's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.
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