Africa · True size
🇺🇬 Uganda
2.4×
Uganda is drawn 2.4× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
242,572 km²
On the old map
2.4×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#173
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.18%
On the old map
Uganda looks about the same size as Iceland on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Uganda at the size the old map gives it, next to Iceland's true size. Uganda's real area is 242,572 km² — Iceland is 101,162 km².
By area
Uganda is big enough to fit United Kingdom inside it, by area — 239,619 km² combined.
Uganda would fit inside New Zealand, the Philippines and Italy, by area.
How many fit?
United Arab Emirates fits inside Uganda 3.4 times. South Korea fits inside Uganda 2.5 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°. Uganda's middle sits at 1°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 Uganda's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.