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Greenland vs Mexico: true size

Closer than most people guess: Greenland (2,166,086 km²) is only about 10% larger than Mexico (1,964,375 km²).

Both sit in North America, so this is a same-region comparison: the new Equal Earth map draws both with the same honest geometry, and the real gap is exactly the 1.1× you see above.

The old map muddied it further: Mercator inflates Greenland about 11.8× and Mexico about 1.2×, so on a Mercator-style map this pair appears 10.9× apart instead of the true 1.1×.

Mexico fits 1× into Greenland.

Greenland vs Mexico: key figures

Measure	Greenland	Mexico
True area	2,166,086 km² · #12	1,964,375 km² · #14
Mercator inflation	11.8×	1.2×
Apparent on Mercator	25,576,494 km²	2,350,964 km²

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