How big is Saudi Arabia really?

True size vs the map

Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.

Saudi Arabia in numbers

• Saudi Arabia is the 13th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
• Countries of about the same true size: Greenland (2,166,086 km²), DR Congo (2,344,858 km²), Mexico (1,964,375 km²).
• The United States is 4.6 times the size of Saudi Arabia.

Why the map gets Saudi Arabia wrong

Saudi Arabia lies around 24°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.1 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.2 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 Saudi Arabia 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.

Compare Saudi Arabia

• Greenland vs Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia vs Iran