Europe · True size
🇹🇷 Turkey
1.5×
Turkey is drawn 1.5× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
779,808 km²
On the old map
1.5×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#56
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.58%
On the old map
Turkey looks about the same size as Thailand on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Turkey at the size the old map gives it, next to Thailand's true size. Turkey's real area is 779,808 km² — Thailand is 515,728 km².
By area
Turkey is big enough to fit Chile inside it, by area — 737,453 km² combined.
Turkey would fit inside Pakistan, Nigeria and Venezuela, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Turkey 3.3 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Turkey 11 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°. Turkey's middle sits at 39°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 Turkey's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.