How big it really is
68.0 km²True area
227 / 242By area
1.93×As Mercator draws it
446,618 timesFits into Africa
33,860People
498People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of San Marino 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 1.93× 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:
- American Samoa120 km²
- Anguilla83.0 km²
- Montserrat80.0 km²
- San Marino68.0 km²
- Bermuda66.0 km²
- Maldives66.0 km²
- Cook Islands61.0 km²