How big is Ukraine really?
Ukraine covers 603,550 km² (233,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 2.3 times bigger than it really is.
See Ukraine 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.
Ukraine in numbers
- Ukraine is the 44th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- On the map Ukraine looks bigger than Peru, but Peru is really 2.1 times larger.
- Countries of about the same true size: Madagascar (587,295 km²), Central African Republic (622,984 km²), Morocco (582,000 km²).
- Ukraine is 2.5 times the size of the United Kingdom.
Why the map gets Ukraine wrong
Ukraine lies around 49°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.53 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 2.3 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 Ukraine 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 Ukraine
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works