Oceania · True size
🇸🇧 the Solomon Islands
2.4×
the Solomon Islands is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
25,732 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#147
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.02%
On the old map
the Solomon Islands looks about the same size as Jamaica on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: the Solomon Islands at the size the old map gives it, next to Jamaica's true size. the Solomon Islands's real area is 25,732 km² — Jamaica is 10,935 km².
By area
the Solomon Islands would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Qatar fits inside the Solomon Islands 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°. The Solomon Islands's middle sits at 9°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 the Solomon Islands's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.