North America · True size
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
2.2×
Puerto Rico is drawn 2.2× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
8,936 km²
On the old map
2.2×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#108
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
Puerto Rico looks about the same size as Northern Cyprus on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Puerto Rico at the size the old map gives it, next to Northern Cyprus's true size. Puerto Rico's real area is 8,936 km² — Northern Cyprus is 3,472 km².
By area
Puerto Rico would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
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°. Puerto Rico's middle sits at 18°N, where the stretch is about 1.1×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Puerto Rico's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.