How big it really is
557 km²True area · 215 square miles
191 / 242By area
2.93×As Mercator draws it
54,524 timesFits into Africa
84,584People
152People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Isle of Man is at about 54° 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 2.93× 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:
- Kiribati938 km²
- Åland Islands760 km²
- Dominica698 km²
- Isle of Man557 km²
- Saint Lucia551 km²
- Bahrain541 km²
- Micronesia524 km²