Europe · True size
🇬🇷 Greece
1.4×
Greece is drawn 1.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
130,179 km²
On the old map
1.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#55
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.10%
On the old map
Greece looks about the same size as Portugal on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Greece at the size the old map gives it, next to Portugal's true size. Greece's real area is 130,179 km² — Portugal is 90,768 km².
By area
Greece would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
United Arab Emirates fits inside Greece 1.8 times. The Netherlands fits inside Greece 3.5 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°. Greece's middle sits at 39°N, where the stretch is about 1.7×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Greece's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.