Africa · True size
🇹🇿 Tanzania
2.4×
Tanzania is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
945,795 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#156
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.70%
On the old map
Tanzania looks about the same size as Paraguay on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Tanzania at the size the old map gives it, next to Paraguay's true size. Tanzania's real area is 945,795 km² — Paraguay is 400,906 km².
By area
Tanzania is big enough to fit Venezuela inside it, by area — 914,324 km² combined.
Tanzania would fit inside Egypt, Bolivia and Ethiopia, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Tanzania 3.9 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Tanzania 13 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°. Tanzania's middle sits at 6°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 Tanzania's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.
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