Asia · True size
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
1.3×
Uzbekistan is drawn 1.3× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
447,387 km²
On the old map
1.3×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#44
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.33%
On the old map
Uzbekistan looks about the same size as Finland on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Uzbekistan at the size the old map gives it, next to Finland's true size. Uzbekistan's real area is 447,387 km² — Finland is 330,486 km².
By area
Uzbekistan is big enough to fit Sweden inside it, by area — 442,977 km² combined.
Uzbekistan would fit inside Somalia, Spain and Thailand, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Uzbekistan 1.9 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Uzbekistan 6.3 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°. Uzbekistan's middle sits at 42°N, where the stretch is about 1.8×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Uzbekistan's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.