How big it really is
126 km²True area · 49 square miles
223 / 242By area
2.34×As Mercator draws it
241,032 timesFits into Africa
107,800People
856People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Jersey 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 2.34× 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:
- British Virgin Is.135 km²
- British Indian Ocean Territory132 km²
- Wallis and Futuna132 km²
- Jersey126 km²
- American Samoa120 km²
- Anguilla83.0 km²
- Montserrat80.0 km²