Europe covers about 10,180,000 km², roughly 7.5% of the world's land and the 5th largest continent. It spans 50 countries and territories, from Russia (17,098,246 km²) down to Vatican City.
At true size Europe is about 0.23× the size of Asia. On old Mercator maps that gap shrank or swelled depending on latitude. On the new map it is simply true.
Mercator's distortion hits Europe unevenly: Norway is inflated about 6.2× at its latitude, while Malta, near the equator, is drawn almost honestly. Old maps therefore made Europe's northern countries feel dominant while hiding the scale of its equatorial ones.
Europe: largest countries by true area
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