How big is Tajikistan really?

Tajikistan covers 143,100 km² (55,300 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.63 times bigger than it really is.

See Tajikistan 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.

Tajikistan in numbers

Tajikistan is the 96th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
On the map Tajikistan looks bigger than Guyana, but Guyana is really 1.5 times larger.
Countries of about the same true size: Nepal (147,181 km²), Bangladesh (147,570 km²), Greece (131,957 km²).
The United Kingdom is 1.69 times the size of Tajikistan.

Why the map gets Tajikistan wrong

Tajikistan lies around 39°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.28 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.63 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 Tajikistan 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