Canada dwarfs Indonesia: about 9,984,670 km² against 1,904,569 km². At true size Canada is about 5.2× the size of Indonesia. The whole of Indonesia fits into Canada roughly 5 times.
Canada sits in North America, Indonesia in Asia. On the old Mercator map the latitude gap distorted how large each felt beside the other; at true size the answer is simply 5.2×.
The old map muddied it further: Mercator inflates Canada about 4.1× and Indonesia about 1.00×, so on a Mercator-style map this pair appears 21.5× apart instead of the true 5.2×.
Indonesia fits 5× into Canada.
Canada vs Indonesia: key figures
| Measure | Canada | Indonesia |
|---|
| True area | 9,984,670 km² · #2 | 1,904,569 km² · #15 |
| Mercator inflation | 4.1× | 1.00× |
| Apparent on Mercator | 40,968,099 km² | 1,907,616 km² |