Europe · True size
🏳️ Kosovo
1.3×
Kosovo is drawn 1.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
10,914 km²
On the old map
1.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#41
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
Kosovo looks about the same size as Puerto Rico on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Kosovo at the size the old map gives it, next to Puerto Rico's true size. Kosovo's real area is 10,914 km² — Puerto Rico is 8,936 km².
By area
Kosovo would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
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°. Kosovo's middle sits at 43°N, where the stretch is about 1.8×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Kosovo's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.