How big is Estonia really?

Estonia covers 45,335 km² (17,500 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 3.7 times bigger than it really is.

See Estonia 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.

Estonia in numbers

Estonia is the 132nd largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
On the map Estonia looks bigger than Suriname, but Suriname is really 3.6 times larger.
Countries of about the same true size: Denmark (42,925 km²), Dominican Republic (48,671 km²), Netherlands (42,201 km²).
The United Kingdom is 5.3 times the size of Estonia.

Why the map gets Estonia wrong

Estonia lies around 59°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.92 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 3.7 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 Estonia 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