How big it really is
155 km²True area · 60 square miles
217 / 242By area
1.05×As Mercator draws it
195,935 timesFits into Africa
106,314People
686People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Aruba is at about 13° 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 1.05× 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:
- Niue197 km²
- Saint Helena186 km²
- Seychelles174 km²
- Aruba155 km²
- Indian Ocean Territories144 km²
- Liechtenstein138 km²
- British Virgin Is.135 km²