North America · True size
🇲🇽 Mexico
2.0×
Mexico is drawn 2.0× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
1,962,308 km²
On the old map
2.0×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#88
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
1.46%
On the old map
Mexico looks about the same size as Egypt on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Mexico at the size the old map gives it, next to Egypt's true size. Mexico's real area is 1,962,308 km² — Egypt is 1,003,722 km².
By area
Mexico is big enough to fit Saudi Arabia inside it, by area — 1,925,900 km² combined.
Mexico would fit inside Greenland, Algeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Mexico 8.2 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Mexico 28 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°. Mexico's middle sits at 24°N, where the stretch is about 1.2×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Mexico's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.