North America · True size
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
2.3×
Trinidad and Tobago is drawn 2.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
5,102 km²
On the old map
2.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#138
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.00%
On the old map
Trinidad and Tobago looks about the same size as Luxembourg on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Trinidad and Tobago at the size the old map gives it, next to Luxembourg's true size. Trinidad and Tobago's real area is 5,102 km² — Luxembourg is 2,614 km².
By area
Trinidad and Tobago would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
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°. Trinidad and Tobago's middle sits at 10°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 Trinidad and Tobago's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.