How big is Guinea really?
Guinea covers 245,857 km² (94,900 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 Guinea 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.
Guinea in numbers
- Guinea is the 78th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- Countries of about the same true size: United Kingdom (242,495 km²), Uganda (241,038 km²), Ghana (238,535 km²).
- Guinea and the United Kingdom are about the same size.
Why the map gets Guinea wrong
Guinea lies around 10°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.02 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 Guinea 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