How big it really is
551 km²True area · 213 square miles
192 / 242By area
1.06×As Mercator draws it
55,118 timesFits into Africa
182,790People
332People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Saint Lucia is at about 14° 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 1.06× 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:
- Åland Islands760 km²
- Dominica698 km²
- Isle of Man557 km²
- Saint Lucia551 km²
- Bahrain541 km²
- Micronesia524 km²
- Singapore485 km²