Asia · True size
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
1.1×
Kazakhstan is drawn 1.1× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
2,712,787 km²
On the old map
1.1×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#26
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
2.02%
On the old map
Kazakhstan looks about the same size as Democratic Republic of the Congo on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Kazakhstan at the size the old map gives it, next to Democratic Republic of the Congo's true size. Kazakhstan's real area is 2,712,787 km² — Democratic Republic of the Congo is 2,334,737 km².
By area
Kazakhstan is big enough to fit Dem. Rep. Congo and Japan inside it, by area — 2,704,817 km² combined.
Kazakhstan would fit inside Argentina, India and Australia, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Kazakhstan 11 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Kazakhstan 38 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°. Kazakhstan's middle sits at 48°N, where the stretch is about 2.3×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Kazakhstan's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.