How big it really is
205 km²True area · 79 square miles
213 / 242By area
2.15×As Mercator draws it
148,146 timesFits into Africa
5,997People
29.3People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of St. Pierre and Miquelon is at about 47° 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 2.15× 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:
- Malta274 km²
- Marshall Islands237 km²
- St Kitts and Nevis233 km²
- St. Pierre and Miquelon205 km²
- Niue197 km²
- Saint Helena186 km²
- Seychelles174 km²