How big is Morocco really?
Morocco covers 582,000 km² (225,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.34 times bigger than it really is.
See Morocco 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.
Morocco in numbers
- Morocco is the 46th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- Countries of about the same true size: Botswana (581,737 km²), Kenya (581,309 km²), Madagascar (587,295 km²).
- Morocco is 2.4 times the size of the United Kingdom.
Why the map gets Morocco wrong
Morocco lies around 30°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.15 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.33 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 Morocco 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