Europe · True size
🇪🇸 Spain
1.4×
Spain is drawn 1.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
506,185 km²
On the old map
1.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#48
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.38%
On the old map
Spain looks about the same size as Germany on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Spain at the size the old map gives it, next to Germany's true size. Spain's real area is 506,185 km² — Germany is 356,168 km².
By area
Spain is big enough to fit Somalia inside it, by area — 473,629 km² combined.
Spain would fit inside Thailand, Ukraine and Morocco, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Spain 2.1 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Spain 7.1 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°. Spain's middle sits at 40°N, where the stretch is about 1.7×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Spain's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.