How big is Lebanon really?

Lebanon covers 10,452 km² (4,040 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.45 times bigger than it really is.

See Lebanon 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.

Lebanon in numbers

Lebanon is the 168th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
Countries of about the same true size: Kosovo (10,887 km²), Jamaica (10,992 km²), Gambia (11,300 km²).
The United Kingdom is 23 times the size of Lebanon.

Why the map gets Lebanon wrong

Lebanon lies around 34°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.21 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.45 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 Lebanon 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