Both maps below show Bosnia and Herzegovina highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Bosnia and Herzegovina about 1.9× at 44°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 51,209 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 1.9× inflation is why Bosnia and Herzegovina dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Bosnia and Herzegovina on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,209 km² | 99,540 km² | 1.9× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Bosnia and Herzegovina at about 99,540 km². The truth is 51,209 km², a difference of 94% that school atlases carried for centuries.