How big is Mozambique really?

Mozambique covers 801,590 km² (309,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn close to its true size: it lies near the equator, where the usual world map stretches little.

See Mozambique 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.

Mozambique in numbers

Mozambique is the 36th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
Countries of about the same true size: Turkey (783,562 km²), Namibia (825,615 km²), Chile (756,102 km²).
Mozambique is 3.3 times the size of the United Kingdom.

Why the map gets Mozambique wrong

Mozambique lies around 17°S. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.05 times in every direction, which barely changes its size. 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 Mozambique 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