How big is Tunisia really?
Tunisia covers 163,610 km² (63,200 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.46 times bigger than it really is.
See Tunisia 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.
Tunisia in numbers
- Tunisia is the 92nd largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Tunisia looks bigger than Guyana, but Guyana is really 1.31 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Suriname (163,270 km²), Somaliland (176,120 km²), Uruguay (176,215 km²).
- Tunisia is about 33% smaller than the United Kingdom.
Why the map gets Tunisia wrong
Tunisia lies around 34°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.21 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.46 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 Tunisia 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