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Greenland vs Sudan: true size

Closer than most people guess: Greenland (2,166,086 km²) is only about 15% larger than Sudan (1,878,000 km²).

Greenland sits in North America, Sudan in Africa. On the old Mercator map the latitude gap distorted how large each felt beside the other; at true size the answer is simply 1.2×.

The old map muddied it further: Mercator inflates Greenland about 11.8× and Sudan about 1.1×, so on a Mercator-style map this pair appears 12.6× apart instead of the true 1.2×.

Sudan fits 1× into Greenland.

Greenland vs Sudan: key figures

Measure	Greenland	Sudan
True area	2,166,086 km² · #12	1,878,000 km² · #16
Mercator inflation	11.8×	1.1×
Apparent on Mercator	25,576,494 km²	2,031,808 km²

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