Tajikistan on five projections
Tajikistan covers 137,935 km² of ground. Mercator draws it 1.64 times over. Area and shape readings on all five projections, each one measured.
This object
- True area
- 137,935 km²
- Anchor latitude
- 38.6° N
- Angular radius
- 3.3°
- Draggable latitude range
- -83.2° … 82.7°
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 | 1.28 | 1.28 |
| Mercator | 1.64 | 1.00 constant |
| Natural Earth | 1.19 | 1.27 |
| Equal Earth | 1.00 constant | 1.39 |
| Gall-Peters | 1.00 constant | 1.22 |
Mercator inflates it most, 1.64 times over. Equal Earth stretches it most: its long axis is 1.39 times its short one.
The same size, drawn otherwise
Nothing in the catalogue is close to Tajikistan's area at a far enough latitude to be worth the comparison.
Bigger than the map admits
These cover more ground than Tajikistan and Mercator draws them smaller anyway.
- Guyana: Guyana is truly 1.53 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.06 times bigger.
- Senegal: Senegal is truly 1.41 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.09 times bigger.
- Cambodia: Cambodia is truly 1.33 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.17 times bigger.
- Somaliland: Somaliland is truly 1.22 times larger, and Mercator still draws this one 1.30 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 Tajikistan across the latitude bands and the readout follows.