Asia · True size
🇾🇪 Yemen
2.2×
Yemen is drawn 2.2× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
454,145 km²
On the old map
2.2×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#119
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.34%
On the old map
Yemen looks about the same size as Belarus on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Yemen at the size the old map gives it, next to Belarus's true size. Yemen's real area is 454,145 km² — Belarus is 206,701 km².
By area
Yemen is big enough to fit Sweden inside it, by area — 442,977 km² combined.
Yemen would fit inside Somalia, Spain and Thailand, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Yemen 1.9 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Yemen 6.4 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°. Yemen's middle sits at 16°N, 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 Yemen's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.