Europe · True size
🇲🇩 Moldova
1.1×
Moldova is drawn 1.1× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
33,115 km²
On the old map
1.1×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#28
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Moldova looks about the same size as Armenia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Moldova at the size the old map gives it, next to Armenia's true size. Moldova's real area is 33,115 km² — Armenia is 29,568 km².
By area
Moldova would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Moldova 3.0 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°. Moldova's middle sits at 47°N, where the stretch is about 2.2×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Moldova's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.