Africa · True size
🇸🇴 Somalia
2.4×
Somalia is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
473,629 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#161
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.35%
On the old map
Somalia looks about the same size as Kyrgyzstan on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Somalia at the size the old map gives it, next to Kyrgyzstan's true size. Somalia's real area is 473,629 km² — Kyrgyzstan is 198,664 km².
By area
Somalia is big enough to fit Sweden inside it, by area — 442,977 km² combined.
Somalia would fit inside Spain, Thailand and Ukraine, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Somalia 2.0 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Somalia 6.6 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°. Somalia's middle sits at 5°N, 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 Somalia's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.