Asia · True size
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
2.0×
Saudi Arabia is drawn 2.0× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
1,925,900 km²
On the old map
2.0×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#87
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
1.43%
On the old map
Saudi Arabia looks about the same size as Tanzania on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Saudi Arabia at the size the old map gives it, next to Tanzania's true size. Saudi Arabia's real area is 1,925,900 km² — Tanzania is 945,795 km².
By area
Saudi Arabia is big enough to fit Indonesia inside it, by area — 1,872,270 km² combined.
Saudi Arabia would fit inside Mexico, Greenland and Algeria, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Saudi Arabia 8.0 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Saudi Arabia 27 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°. Saudi Arabia's middle sits at 24°N, where the stretch is about 1.2×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Saudi Arabia's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.