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Seven seas (open ocean) · 229th largest of 242

Maldives at its true size

It sits near the equator, so Mercator barely stretches it: 1.00×.

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True sizeAs Mercator draws it

How big it really is

66.0 km²True area
229 / 242By area
1.00×As Mercator draws it
460,152 timesFits into Africa
530,953People
8,045People per km²

How Mercator draws it

The middle of Maldives is at about 3° 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 1.00× 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.

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