How big it really is
11,387 km²True area · 4,397 square miles
163 / 242By area
2.61×As Mercator draws it
2,667 timesFits into Africa
3,398People
0.30People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Falkland Islands is at about 52° S. 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 2.61× 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:
- Timor-Leste15,021 km²
- Montenegro13,667 km²
- Bahamas12,668 km²
- Falkland Islands11,387 km²
- Vanuatu11,292 km²
- Qatar11,074 km²
- Jamaica10,933 km²