How big is Eswatini really?
Eswatini covers 17,364 km² (6,700 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.25 times bigger than it really is.
See Eswatini 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.
Eswatini in numbers
- Eswatini is the 158th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- Countries of about the same true size: Kuwait (17,818 km²), Fiji (18,274 km²), New Caledonia (18,576 km²).
- The United Kingdom is 14 times the size of Eswatini.
Why the map gets Eswatini wrong
Eswatini lies around 27°S. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.12 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.25 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 Eswatini 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