Oceania · True size
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
2.2×
Vanuatu is drawn 2.2× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
11,266 km²
On the old map
2.2×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#118
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
Vanuatu looks about the same size as Trinidad and Tobago on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Vanuatu at the size the old map gives it, next to Trinidad and Tobago's true size. Vanuatu's real area is 11,266 km² — Trinidad and Tobago is 5,102 km².
By area
Vanuatu 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°. Vanuatu's middle sits at 16°S, where the stretch is about 1.1×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Vanuatu's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.
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