How big is Moldova really?

Moldova covers 33,844 km² (13,100 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 2.2 times bigger than it really is.

See Moldova 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.

Moldova in numbers

Moldova is the 139th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
On the map Moldova looks bigger than Sri Lanka, but Sri Lanka is really 1.94 times larger.
Countries of about the same true size: Guinea-Bissau (36,125 km²), Taiwan (36,193 km²), Belgium (30,688 km²).
The United Kingdom is 7.2 times the size of Moldova.

Why the map gets Moldova wrong

Moldova 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 Moldova 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