Asia · True size
🇮🇱 Israel
1.8×
Israel is drawn 1.8× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
22,284 km²
On the old map
1.8×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#72
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Israel looks about the same size as the Bahamas on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Israel at the size the old map gives it, next to the Bahamas's true size. Israel's real area is 22,284 km² — the Bahamas is 12,658 km².
By area
Israel would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Israel 2.0 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°. Israel's middle sits at 31°N, where the stretch is about 1.4×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Israel's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.