Discover 40+ shocking truths about country sizes. Click any comparison to see it on the interactive map.
The biggest lie on the map! Greenland appears nearly as large as Africa on Mercator maps. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger!
Russia looks absolutely massive on maps, stretching across the entire top. But Africa is actually 77% larger than Russia!
All of Europe fits inside Brazil! Brazil is actually larger than the entire European continent minus Russia.
Australia and USA (without Alaska) are nearly the same size! The continental US is only slightly larger.
The Sahara Desert alone is nearly as large as the entire United States including Alaska!
Mexico is larger than Alaska! Despite Alaska looking enormous on maps, Mexico is 15% bigger.
Asia is the largest continent, but by how much? It's 50% larger than Africa, the second largest.
South America is nearly twice the size of Europe! The Amazon basin alone is larger than Western Europe.
Africa is significantly larger than North America, despite how maps make them appear similar.
Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia! It's the 5th largest continent.
Canada appears much larger on maps but is actually just slightly bigger than the USA.
Brazil is more than 3 times larger than its southern neighbor Argentina!
China is nearly 3 times larger than India, despite having similar populations.
France is significantly larger than Germany - nearly twice the size!
Spain is more than 5 times larger than Portugal, its Iberian neighbor.
Sweden is actually larger than Norway, despite Norway's long coastline.
The Mongol Empire's homeland is nearly 3 times larger than France!
Modern Turkey is 6 times larger than Greece, reversing ancient proportions.
Egypt is 4 times larger than the UK, the former colonial power.
Iran (Persia) is nearly 4 times larger than neighboring Iraq (Mesopotamia).
Japan is significantly larger than the UK! It's 55% bigger despite appearing similar.
Indonesia is nearly as large as Mexico despite being an archipelago!
Madagascar is nearly as large as France! The island is bigger than it appears.
New Zealand is actually larger than the UK by about 10%!
Iceland and South Korea are nearly identical in size!
The Philippines and Italy are almost exactly the same size!
Nigeria and Venezuela are nearly identical in size despite being on different continents.
Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country, nearly identical to Argentina!
Saudi Arabia is nearly as large as Greenland! The desert kingdom is huge.
DR Congo and Algeria are nearly the same size - both African giants!
Libya and Iran are surprisingly similar in size!
Peru is slightly larger than South Africa - both are bigger than they appear!
Chad and Peru are nearly identical in size - both over 1.2 million km²!
Mali is actually larger than South Africa! West Africa's hidden giant.
Ethiopia and Bolivia are the same size - highland nations on different continents!
Mauritania is actually larger than Egypt! The Saharan nation is huge.
Colombia and Ethiopia are nearly identical - both just over 1.1 million km².
Venezuela is larger than Pakistan despite Pakistan having 200M more people!
Mozambique is actually larger than Turkey! East Africa's coastal giant.
Chile is smaller than Nigeria but stretches 4,300km from north to south!
Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland
China is 3 times larger than India
Africa is 77% larger than Russia
These are just some examples. Create your own comparisons with any countries in the world!