Asia · True size
🇰🇼 Kuwait
1.8×
Kuwait is drawn 1.8× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
17,330 km²
On the old map
1.8×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#77
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
Kuwait looks about the same size as Lebanon on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Kuwait at the size the old map gives it, next to Lebanon's true size. Kuwait's real area is 17,330 km² — Lebanon is 10,010 km².
By area
Kuwait would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Kuwait 1.6 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°. Kuwait's middle sits at 29°N, where the stretch is about 1.3×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Kuwait's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.