How big it really is
12,668 km²True area · 4,891 square miles
162 / 242By area
1.21×As Mercator draws it
2,397 timesFits into Africa
389,482People
30.7People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Bahamas is at about 25° 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 1.21× 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:
- Eswatini16,992 km²
- Timor-Leste15,021 km²
- Montenegro13,667 km²
- Bahamas12,668 km²
- Falkland Islands11,387 km²
- Vanuatu11,292 km²
- Qatar11,074 km²