How big is the Czechia really?

True size vs the map

Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.

The Czechia in numbers

• The Czechia is the 117th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
• On the map the Czechia looks bigger than Somaliland, but Somaliland is really 2.2 times larger.
• Countries of about the same true size: Serbia (77,474 km²), United Arab Emirates (83,600 km²), Panama (74,177 km²).
• The United Kingdom is 3.1 times the size of the Czechia.

Why the map gets the Czechia wrong

The Czechia lies around 50°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.55 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 2.4 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 the Czechia 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.