How big are countries on the Moon?
The Moon's surface is about 37.9 million km², a little more than Africa. Russia would cover 45% of it, the United States 26% and Australia 20%.
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The Moon is about a quarter of Earth's width (3,474 km across against 12,742 km), so its whole surface is only about 7% of Earth's, and less than a third of Earth's land. In Globegami you can drop any country onto the Moon at its true size, turn the Moon like a globe, and unfold it into a flat map.
How much of the Moon each country would cover
| Country | True area | Share of the Moon |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 17,098,246 km² | 45% |
| Canada | 9,984,670 km² | 26% |
| United States | 9,826,675 km² | 26% |
| China | 9,596,961 km² | 25% |
| Brazil | 8,515,767 km² | 22% |
| Australia | 7,692,024 km² | 20% |
| India | 3,287,263 km² | 8.7% |
| Argentina | 2,780,400 km² | 7.3% |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 km² | 7.2% |
| Algeria | 2,381,741 km² | 6.3% |
| DR Congo | 2,344,858 km² | 6.2% |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 5.7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² | 5.7% |
| Mexico | 1,964,375 km² | 5.2% |
| Indonesia | 1,904,570 km² | 5% |
| Sudan | 1,840,687 km² | 4.9% |
| Libya | 1,759,541 km² | 4.6% |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² | 4.3% |
| Mongolia | 1,564,116 km² | 4.1% |
| Peru | 1,285,216 km² | 3.4% |
| Chad | 1,284,000 km² | 3.4% |
| Niger | 1,267,000 km² | 3.3% |
| Angola | 1,246,700 km² | 3.3% |
| Mali | 1,240,192 km² | 3.3% |
| South Africa | 1,221,037 km² | 3.2% |
| Colombia | 1,141,748 km² | 3% |
| Ethiopia | 1,104,300 km² | 2.9% |
| Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² | 2.9% |
| Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² | 2.7% |
| Egypt | 1,010,408 km² | 2.7% |
| Tanzania | 947,303 km² | 2.5% |
| Nigeria | 923,768 km² | 2.4% |
| Venezuela | 912,050 km² | 2.4% |
| Pakistan | 881,913 km² | 2.3% |
| Namibia | 825,615 km² | 2.2% |
| Mozambique | 801,590 km² | 2.1% |
| Turkey | 783,562 km² | 2.1% |
| Chile | 756,102 km² | 2% |
| Zambia | 752,618 km² | 2% |
| Myanmar | 676,577 km² | 1.8% |
| Afghanistan | 652,230 km² | 1.7% |
| South Sudan | 644,329 km² | 1.7% |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 km² | 1.6% |
| Ukraine | 603,550 km² | 1.6% |
| Madagascar | 587,295 km² | 1.5% |
| Morocco | 582,000 km² | 1.5% |
| Botswana | 581,737 km² | 1.5% |
| Kenya | 581,309 km² | 1.5% |
| France | 553,000 km² | 1.5% |
| Thailand | 513,120 km² | 1.4% |
| Spain | 505,990 km² | 1.3% |
| Turkmenistan | 491,210 km² | 1.3% |
| Cameroon | 475,442 km² | 1.3% |
| Somalia | 474,000 km² | 1.2% |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 km² | 1.2% |
| Yemen | 455,503 km² | 1.2% |
| Uzbekistan | 448,978 km² | 1.2% |
| Sweden | 447,425 km² | 1.2% |
| Iraq | 437,072 km² | 1.2% |
| Paraguay | 406,756 km² | 1.1% |
| Zimbabwe | 390,757 km² | 1% |
| Norway | 385,207 km² | 1% |
| Japan | 377,974 km² | 1.0% |
| Germany | 357,588 km² | 0.9% |
| Philippines | 343,448 km² | 0.9% |
| Congo | 342,000 km² | 0.9% |
| Finland | 338,478 km² | 0.9% |
| Vietnam | 331,690 km² | 0.9% |
| Malaysia | 330,803 km² | 0.9% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 322,463 km² | 0.8% |
| Poland | 312,683 km² | 0.8% |
| Oman | 309,500 km² | 0.8% |
| Italy | 302,068 km² | 0.8% |
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 km² | 0.7% |
| New Zealand | 268,021 km² | 0.7% |
| Gabon | 267,667 km² | 0.7% |
| Ecuador | 257,204 km² | 0.7% |
| Guinea | 245,857 km² | 0.6% |
| United Kingdom | 242,495 km² | 0.6% |
| Uganda | 241,038 km² | 0.6% |
| Ghana | 238,535 km² | 0.6% |
| Romania | 238,397 km² | 0.6% |
| Laos | 236,800 km² | 0.6% |
| Guyana | 214,970 km² | 0.6% |
| Belarus | 207,597 km² | 0.5% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 199,951 km² | 0.5% |
| Senegal | 196,722 km² | 0.5% |
| Syria | 185,180 km² | 0.5% |
| Cambodia | 181,035 km² | 0.5% |
| Uruguay | 176,215 km² | 0.5% |
| Somaliland | 176,120 km² | 0.5% |
| Tunisia | 163,610 km² | 0.4% |
| Suriname | 163,270 km² | 0.4% |
| Bangladesh | 147,570 km² | 0.4% |
| Nepal | 147,181 km² | 0.4% |
| Tajikistan | 143,100 km² | 0.4% |
| Greece | 131,957 km² | 0.3% |
| North Korea | 120,540 km² | 0.3% |
| Nicaragua | 120,340 km² | 0.3% |
| Malawi | 118,484 km² | 0.3% |
| Eritrea | 117,600 km² | 0.3% |
| Benin | 114,763 km² | 0.3% |
| Honduras | 112,492 km² | 0.3% |
| Liberia | 111,369 km² | 0.3% |
| Bulgaria | 110,994 km² | 0.3% |
| Cuba | 109,884 km² | 0.3% |
| Guatemala | 108,889 km² | 0.3% |
| Iceland | 103,004 km² | 0.3% |
| South Korea | 100,295 km² | 0.3% |
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Population: World Bank 2024 (CC BY 4.0), else Wikidata. Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works