Asia · True size
🇵🇰 Pakistan
1.8×
Pakistan is drawn 1.8× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
873,784 km²
On the old map
1.8×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#74
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.65%
On the old map
Pakistan looks about the same size as Somalia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Pakistan at the size the old map gives it, next to Somalia's true size. Pakistan's real area is 873,784 km² — Somalia is 473,629 km².
By area
Pakistan is big enough to fit Turkey inside it, by area — 779,808 km² combined.
Pakistan would fit inside Nigeria, Venezuela and Tanzania, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Pakistan 3.6 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Pakistan 12 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°. Pakistan's middle sits at 30°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 Pakistan's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.