How big is Slovenia really?
Slovenia covers 20,271 km² (7,830 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 2.1 times bigger than it really is.
See Slovenia 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.
Slovenia in numbers
- Slovenia is the 154th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Slovenia looks bigger than Guinea-Bissau, but Guinea-Bissau is really 1.78 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Israel (20,770 km²), El Salvador (21,041 km²), New Caledonia (18,576 km²).
- The United Kingdom is 12 times the size of Slovenia.
Why the map gets Slovenia wrong
Slovenia lies around 46°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.44 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 2.1 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 Slovenia 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