The true size of every country

Most world maps use the Mercator projection, which swells everything far from the equator. Here is each country's real area and how much bigger the map draws it.

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Every country, most inflated first

CountryTrue areaLooks on the map
Greenland2,166,086 km²16× bigger
Norway385,207 km²9× bigger
Iceland103,004 km²5.6× bigger
Finland338,478 km²5.5× bigger
Canada9,984,670 km²5.1× bigger
Russia17,098,246 km²4.9× bigger
Sweden447,425 km²4.9× bigger
Faroe Islands1,399 km²4.6× bigger
Åland1,583 km²4.1× bigger
Estonia45,335 km²3.7× bigger
Latvia64,594 km²3.3× bigger
Denmark42,925 km²3.2× bigger
Lithuania65,300 km²3.1× bigger
South Georgia4,066 km²3× bigger
Isle of Man572 km²2.9× bigger
United Kingdom242,495 km²2.9× bigger
Belarus207,597 km²2.8× bigger
Ireland69,797 km²2.8× bigger
Netherlands42,201 km²2.7× bigger
Poland312,683 km²2.7× bigger
Falkland Islands12,200 km²2.6× bigger
Germany357,588 km²2.5× bigger
Belgium30,688 km²2.5× bigger
Luxembourg2,593 km²2.4× bigger
Czechia78,871 km²2.4× bigger
French Southern Lands7,829 km²2.3× bigger
Ukraine603,550 km²2.3× bigger
Slovakia49,034 km²2.3× bigger
United States9,826,675 km²2.3× bigger
Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²2.3× bigger
Austria83,879 km²2.2× bigger
Moldova33,844 km²2.2× bigger
Hungary93,011 km²2.2× bigger
Mongolia1,564,116 km²2.1× bigger
Switzerland41,291 km²2.1× bigger
France553,000 km²2.1× bigger
Slovenia20,271 km²2.1× bigger
Romania238,397 km²2.1× bigger
Croatia56,594 km²2× bigger
Serbia77,474 km²1.95× bigger
Bosnia and Herzegovina51,209 km²1.94× bigger
Italy302,068 km²1.86× bigger
Montenegro13,883 km²1.86× bigger
Bulgaria110,994 km²1.86× bigger
Kosovo10,887 km²1.84× bigger
Georgia69,700 km²1.82× bigger
New Zealand268,021 km²1.81× bigger
Uzbekistan448,978 km²1.8× bigger
North Macedonia25,713 km²1.79× bigger
Kyrgyzstan199,951 km²1.78× bigger
Albania28,748 km²1.76× bigger
Spain505,990 km²1.72× bigger
Azerbaijan86,600 km²1.72× bigger
Armenia29,743 km²1.72× bigger
North Korea120,540 km²1.71× bigger
Chile756,102 km²1.7× bigger
Portugal92,225 km²1.69× bigger
Turkmenistan491,210 km²1.66× bigger
Greece131,957 km²1.66× bigger
Turkey783,562 km²1.66× bigger
Tajikistan143,100 km²1.63× bigger
Japan377,974 km²1.6× bigger
China9,596,961 km²1.59× bigger
Argentina2,780,400 km²1.55× bigger
South Korea100,295 km²1.54× bigger
Siachen Glacier2,130 km²1.5× bigger
Northern Cyprus3,470 km²1.5× bigger
Syria185,180 km²1.49× bigger
Cyprus5,710 km²1.49× bigger
Tunisia163,610 km²1.46× bigger
Lebanon10,452 km²1.45× bigger
Afghanistan652,230 km²1.45× bigger
Iraq437,072 km²1.43× bigger
Uruguay176,215 km²1.42× bigger
Iran1,648,195 km²1.42× bigger
Palestine6,020 km²1.39× bigger
Israel20,770 km²1.37× bigger
Jordan89,341 km²1.37× bigger
Pakistan881,913 km²1.34× bigger
Morocco582,000 km²1.34× bigger
Lesotho30,355 km²1.32× bigger
Kuwait17,818 km²1.32× bigger
South Africa1,221,037 km²1.31× bigger
Algeria2,381,741 km²1.3× bigger
Nepal147,181 km²1.29× bigger
Bhutan38,394 km²1.27× bigger
Libya1,759,541 km²1.26× bigger
Egypt1,010,408 km²1.25× bigger
Australia7,692,024 km²1.25× bigger
Eswatini17,364 km²1.25× bigger
Bahrain787 km²1.24× bigger
Qatar11,586 km²1.22× bigger
Mexico1,964,375 km²1.21× bigger
Saudi Arabia2,149,690 km²1.21× bigger
Bahamas13,878 km²1.2× bigger
Western Sahara90,800 km²1.2× bigger
United Arab Emirates83,600 km²1.2× bigger
Bangladesh147,570 km²1.2× bigger
Taiwan36,193 km²1.19× bigger
India3,287,263 km²1.19× bigger
Paraguay406,756 km²1.19× bigger
Hong Kong1,106 km²1.17× bigger
Namibia825,615 km²1.17× bigger
Botswana581,737 km²1.17× bigger
Cuba109,884 km²1.16× bigger
Myanmar676,577 km²1.16× bigger
New Caledonia18,576 km²1.15× bigger
Oman309,500 km²true size
Mauritania1,030,700 km²true size
Tonga749 km²true size
Mauritius2,040 km²true size
Madagascar587,295 km²true size
Zimbabwe390,757 km²true size
Haiti27,750 km²true size
Dominican Republic48,671 km²true size
Laos236,800 km²true size
Puerto Rico9,104 km²true size
Jamaica10,992 km²true size
Mozambique801,590 km²true size
Mali1,240,192 km²true size
Niger1,267,000 km²true size
Fiji18,274 km²true size
Vietnam331,690 km²true size
Belize22,966 km²true size
Bolivia1,098,581 km²true size
Sudan1,840,687 km²true size
Vanuatu12,190 km²true size
Cabo Verde4,033 km²true size
Yemen455,503 km²true size
Chad1,284,000 km²true size
Guatemala108,889 km²true size
Thailand513,120 km²true size
Dominica751 km²true size
Eritrea117,600 km²true size
French Polynesia4,167 km²true size
Honduras112,492 km²true size
Senegal196,722 km²true size
Saint Lucia617 km²true size
Samoa2,842 km²true size
El Salvador21,041 km²true size
Zambia752,618 km²true size
Brazil8,515,767 km²true size
Gambia11,300 km²true size
Guam544 km²true size
Malawi118,484 km²true size
Nicaragua120,340 km²true size
Cambodia181,035 km²true size
Angola1,246,700 km²true size
Philippines343,448 km²true size
Burkina Faso274,200 km²true size
Guinea-Bissau36,125 km²true size
Comoros2,034 km²true size
Djibouti23,200 km²true size
Guinea245,857 km²true size
Trinidad and Tobago5,128 km²true size
Peru1,285,216 km²true size
Costa Rica51,180 km²true size
Nigeria923,768 km²true size
Benin114,763 km²true size
Somaliland176,120 km²true size
Ethiopia1,104,300 km²true size
Solomon Islands28,400 km²true size
Timor-Leste14,919 km²true size
Togo56,785 km²true size
Sierra Leone71,740 km²true size
Panama74,177 km²true size
Ghana238,535 km²true size
Côte d'Ivoire322,463 km²true size
Sri Lanka65,610 km²true size
Venezuela912,050 km²true size
South Sudan644,329 km²true size
Micronesia541 km²true size
Tanzania947,303 km²true size
Central African Republic622,984 km²true size
Papua New Guinea462,840 km²true size
Liberia111,369 km²true size
Cameroon475,442 km²true size
Somalia474,000 km²true size
DR Congo2,344,858 km²true size
Guyana214,970 km²true size
Colombia1,141,748 km²true size
Brunei5,765 km²true size
Suriname163,270 km²true size
Malaysia330,803 km²true size
Indonesia1,904,570 km²true size
Burundi27,834 km²true size
Kiribati535 km²true size
Congo342,000 km²true size
Kenya581,309 km²true size
Rwanda26,338 km²true size
Ecuador257,204 km²true size
Uganda241,038 km²true size
Equatorial Guinea28,051 km²true size
Gabon267,667 km²true size
Singapore719 km²true size
São Tomé and Principe1,001 km²true size

Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works