Europe · True size
🇺🇦 Ukraine
1.0×
Ukraine is drawn 1.0× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
570,144 km²
* commonly cited: 603,500 km²
On the old map
1.0×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#23
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.42%
On the old map
Ukraine looks about the same size as Botswana on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Ukraine at the size the old map gives it, next to Botswana's true size. Ukraine's real area is 570,144 km² — Botswana is 580,631 km².
By area
Ukraine is big enough to fit Thailand inside it, by area — 515,728 km² combined.
Ukraine would fit inside Morocco, Kenya and France, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Ukraine 2.4 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Ukraine 8.0 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°. Ukraine's middle sits at 49°N, where the stretch is about 2.3×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Ukraine's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.