North America · True size
🇭🇹 Haiti
2.2×
Haiti is drawn 2.2× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
26,823 km²
On the old map
2.2×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#105
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Haiti looks about the same size as the Bahamas on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Haiti at the size the old map gives it, next to the Bahamas's true size. Haiti's real area is 26,823 km² — the Bahamas is 12,658 km².
By area
Haiti would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Haiti 2.4 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°. Haiti's middle sits at 19°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 Haiti's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.