How big is Bosnia and Herzegovina really?
Bosnia and Herzegovina covers 51,209 km² (19,800 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.94 times bigger than it really is.
See Bosnia and Herzegovina at its true size on the map →True size vs the map
Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.
Bosnia and Herzegovina in numbers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is the 128th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Bosnia and Herzegovina looks bigger than Panama, but Panama is really 1.45 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Costa Rica (51,180 km²), Slovakia (49,034 km²), Dominican Republic (48,671 km²).
- The United Kingdom is 4.7 times the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Why the map gets Bosnia and Herzegovina wrong
Bosnia and Herzegovina lies around 44°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.39 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.94 times too big near its middle. Most web maps use this projection because it keeps angles and shapes right for navigation, not because it shows sizes fairly.
In Globegami you can drag a copy of Bosnia and Herzegovina anywhere on Earth: it keeps its true size and grows or shrinks on the map as it moves, and you can fold the map back into a globe.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works