How big is Kosovo really?
Kosovo covers 10,887 km² (4,200 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.84 times bigger than it really is.
See Kosovo 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.
Kosovo in numbers
- Kosovo is the 167th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Kosovo looks bigger than Timor-Leste, but Timor-Leste is really 1.37 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Jamaica (10,992 km²), Gambia (11,300 km²), Lebanon (10,452 km²).
- The United Kingdom is 22 times the size of Kosovo.
Why the map gets Kosovo wrong
Kosovo lies around 43°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.36 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.84 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 Kosovo 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