Kyrgyzstan on five projections
Kyrgyzstan covers 195,626 km² of ground. Mercator draws it 1.78 times over. Area and shape readings on all five projections, each one measured.
This object
- True area
- 195,626 km²
- Anchor latitude
- 41.5° N
- Angular radius
- 4.4°
- Draggable latitude range
- -83.0° … 83.3°
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 | 1.34 | 1.34 |
| Mercator | 1.78 | 1.00 constant |
| Natural Earth | 1.22 | 1.31 |
| Equal Earth | 1.00 constant | 1.44 |
| Gall-Peters | 1.00 constant | 1.12 |
Mercator inflates it most, 1.78 times over. Equal Earth stretches it most: its long axis is 1.44 times its short one.
The same size, drawn otherwise
These are within 5 percent of Kyrgyzstan's true area, and sit at a very different latitude. It is a fact about the Earth, and it is interesting because most projections disagree with it.
- Senegal: Senegal covers 195,105 km²; this covers 195,626. They sit 27 degrees apart in latitude, and Mercator draws one 1.67 times the other.
Bigger than the map admits
These cover more ground than Kyrgyzstan and Mercator draws them smaller anyway.
- Republic of the Congo: Republic of the Congo is truly 1.74 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.02 times bigger.
- Malaysia: Malaysia is truly 1.74 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.03 times bigger.
- Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast is truly 1.69 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.04 times bigger.
- Philippines: Philippines is truly 1.50 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.14 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 Kyrgyzstan across the latitude bands and the readout follows.