Croatia on five projections
Croatia covers 57,419 km² of ground. Mercator draws it 2.00 times over. Area and shape readings on all five projections, each one measured.
This object
- True area
- 57,419 km²
- Anchor latitude
- 45.1° N
- Angular radius
- 3.1°
- Draggable latitude range
- -82.7° … 83.7°
On five projections
Each number is measured against its own projection's equator, not against another projection. These five rows do not share an axis - they are five answers to the same question: what did this map give up to lay this place flat?
| Projection | Area distortion | Shape distortion |
|---|---|---|
| Equirectangular | 1.41 | 1.42 |
| Mercator | 2.00 | 1.00 constant |
| Natural Earth | 1.26 | 1.14 |
| Equal Earth | 1.00 constant | 1.13 |
| Gall-Peters | 1.00 constant | 1.00 |
Mercator inflates it most, 2.00 times over. Equirectangular stretches it most: its long axis is 1.42 times its short one.
The same size, drawn otherwise
Nothing in the catalogue is close to Croatia's area at a far enough latitude to be worth the comparison.
Bigger than the map admits
These cover more ground than Croatia and Mercator draws them smaller anyway.
- Liberia: Liberia is truly 1.72 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.15 times bigger.
- United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates is truly 1.40 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.20 times bigger.
- Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone is truly 1.33 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.48 times bigger.
- Panama: Panama is truly 1.32 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.49 times bigger.
On an equal-area projection this section is empty, for every object there is. An equal-area map draws in proportion to true area, so it cannot draw a larger thing smaller. That is a definition, not a coincidence.
Open it in the tool
Drag Croatia across the latitude bands and the readout follows.