How big it really is
48.0 km²True area
232 / 242By area
2.37×As Mercator draws it
632,708 timesFits into Africa
62,792People
1,308People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Guernsey is at about 49° 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 2.37× 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:
- Maldives66.0 km²
- Cook Islands61.0 km²
- Saint Martin49.0 km²
- Guernsey48.0 km²
- Sint Maarten42.0 km²
- Norfolk Island41.0 km²
- Pitcairn Islands39.0 km²