Europe · True size
🇮🇪 Ireland
1.2×
Ireland looks 1.2× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
68,701 km²
On the old map
1.2×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#14
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.05%
On the old map
Ireland looks about the same size as Czechia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Ireland at the size the old map gives it, next to Czechia's true size. Ireland's real area is 68,701 km² — Czechia is 78,488 km².
By area
Ireland would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
The Netherlands fits inside Ireland 1.9 times. Israel fits inside Ireland 3.1 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°. Ireland's middle sits at 53°N, where the stretch is about 2.8×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Ireland's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.