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Algeria vs Greenland: true size

Closer than most people guess: Algeria (2,381,741 km²) is only about 10% larger than Greenland (2,166,086 km²).

Algeria sits in Africa, Greenland in North America. On the old Mercator map the latitude gap distorted how large each felt beside the other; at true size the answer is simply 1.1×.

The old map muddied it further: Mercator inflates Algeria about 1.3× and Greenland about 11.8×, so on a Mercator-style map this pair appears 8.4× apart instead of the true 1.1×.

Greenland fits 1× into Algeria.

Algeria vs Greenland: key figures

Measure	Algeria	Greenland
True area	2,381,741 km² · #10	2,166,086 km² · #12
Mercator inflation	1.3×	11.8×
Apparent on Mercator	3,058,155 km²	25,576,494 km²

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