How big it really is
760 km²True area · 293 square miles
189 / 242By area
4.06×As Mercator draws it
39,961 timesFits into Africa
29,884People
39.3People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Åland Islands is at about 60° N. Mercator stretches each place by the same amount across and up, more the further it is from the equator, so here every area comes out 4.06× its true size.
At the equator nothing is stretched. At 60° north or south, everything is drawn at four times its true area. The poles never fit on the map at all.
Countries about this size
The countries just bigger and just smaller, each at its true area:
- Hong Kong1,029 km²
- São Tomé and Príncipe986 km²
- Kiribati938 km²
- Åland Islands760 km²
- Dominica698 km²
- Isle of Man557 km²
- Saint Lucia551 km²