How big it really is
12.0 km²True area
239 / 242By area
1.92×As Mercator draws it
2,530,833 timesFits into Africa
38,964People
3,247People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Monaco is at about 44° 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 1.92× 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:
- Nauru28.0 km²
- Saint Barthélemy25.0 km²
- Macao23.0 km²
- Monaco12.0 km²
- Tuvalu10.0 km²
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands3.0 km²
- Vatican1.0 km²