How big is North Macedonia really?

North Macedonia covers 25,713 km² (9,930 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.79 times bigger than it really is.

See North Macedonia 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.

North Macedonia in numbers

North Macedonia is the 149th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
On the map North Macedonia looks bigger than Taiwan, but Taiwan is really 1.41 times larger.
Countries of about the same true size: Rwanda (26,338 km²), Haiti (27,750 km²), Burundi (27,834 km²).
The United Kingdom is 9.4 times the size of North Macedonia.

Why the map gets North Macedonia wrong

North Macedonia lies around 42°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.34 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.79 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 North Macedonia 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