Europe · True size
🇵🇱 Poland
1.1×
Poland looks 1.1× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
312,571 km²
On the old map
1.1×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#16
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.23%
On the old map
Poland looks about the same size as Congo on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Poland at the size the old map gives it, next to Congo's true size. Poland's real area is 312,571 km² — Congo is 346,862 km².
By area
Poland is big enough to fit Italy inside it, by area — 300,272 km² combined.
Poland would fit inside Vietnam, Finland and Germany, by area.
How many fit?
United Arab Emirates fits inside Poland 4.4 times. South Korea fits inside Poland 3.2 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°. Poland's middle sits at 52°N, where the stretch is about 2.7×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Poland's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.