Europe · True size
🇱🇹 Lithuania
1.3×
Lithuania looks 1.3× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
64,520 km²
On the old map
1.3×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#11
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.05%
On the old map
Lithuania looks about the same size as Austria on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Lithuania at the size the old map gives it, next to Austria's true size. Lithuania's real area is 64,520 km² — Austria is 83,902 km².
By area
Lithuania would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
The Netherlands fits inside Lithuania 1.7 times. Israel fits inside Lithuania 2.9 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°. Lithuania's middle sits at 55°N, where the stretch is about 3.1×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Lithuania's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.