Asia · True size
🇮🇩 Indonesia
2.4×
Indonesia is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
1,872,270 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#168
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
1.39%
On the old map
Indonesia looks about the same size as Turkey on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Indonesia at the size the old map gives it, next to Turkey's true size. Indonesia's real area is 1,872,270 km² — Turkey is 779,808 km².
By area
Indonesia is big enough to fit Sudan inside it, by area — 1,863,054 km² combined.
Indonesia would fit inside Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Greenland, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Indonesia 7.8 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Indonesia 26 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°. Indonesia's middle sits at 2°S, where the stretch is about 1.0×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Indonesia's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.