Africa · True size
🇷🇼 Rwanda
2.4×
Rwanda is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
25,377 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#169
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
Rwanda looks about the same size as the Gambia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Rwanda at the size the old map gives it, next to the Gambia's true size. Rwanda's real area is 25,377 km² — the Gambia is 10,324 km².
By area
Rwanda would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside Rwanda 2.3 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°. Rwanda's middle sits at 2°S, where the stretch is about 1.0×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Rwanda's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.