How big is Guatemala really?

Guatemala covers 108,889 km² (42,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn close to its true size: it lies near the equator, where the usual world map stretches little.

See Guatemala 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.

Guatemala in numbers

Guatemala is the 107th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
Countries of about the same true size: Cuba (109,884 km²), Bulgaria (110,994 km²), Liberia (111,369 km²).
The United Kingdom is 2.2 times the size of Guatemala.

Why the map gets Guatemala wrong

Guatemala lies around 16°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.04 times in every direction, which barely changes its size. 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 Guatemala 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