Africa · True size
🇪🇭 Western Sahara
2.0×
Western Sahara is drawn 2.0× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
90,821 km²
On the old map
2.0×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#89
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.07%
On the old map
Western Sahara looks about the same size as Estonia on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Western Sahara at the size the old map gives it, next to Estonia's true size. Western Sahara's real area is 90,821 km² — Estonia is 45,443 km².
By area
Western Sahara would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
The Netherlands fits inside Western Sahara 2.4 times. Israel fits inside Western Sahara 4.1 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°. Western Sahara's middle sits at 24°N, where the stretch is about 1.2×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Western Sahara's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.