How big is Hungary really?
Hungary covers 93,011 km² (35,900 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 2.2 times bigger than it really is.
See Hungary 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.
Hungary in numbers
- Hungary is the 110th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Hungary looks bigger than Cambodia, but Cambodia is really 1.95 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Portugal (92,225 km²), Western Sahara (90,800 km²), Jordan (89,341 km²).
- The United Kingdom is 2.6 times the size of Hungary.
Why the map gets Hungary wrong
Hungary lies around 47°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.47 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 2.2 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 Hungary 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