How big is Montenegro really?
Montenegro covers 13,883 km² (5,360 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.86 times bigger than it really is.
See Montenegro 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.
Montenegro in numbers
- Montenegro is the 160th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Montenegro looks bigger than Djibouti, but Djibouti is really 1.67 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Bahamas (13,878 km²), Timor-Leste (14,919 km²), Falkland Islands (12,200 km²).
- The United Kingdom is 17 times the size of Montenegro.
Why the map gets Montenegro wrong
Montenegro lies around 43°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.36 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.86 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 Montenegro 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