Canada covers 9,984,670 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 7.3% of all land on Earth. It ranks 2nd of 237 countries worldwide and 1st in North America. At 60° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 4.1×, drawing it closer to 40,968,099 km², a difference of roughly 310%.
For scale, Canada is roughly the same size as China (9,596,960 km²).
You could fit 3 of India inside Canada.
Canada: key figures
| True area | 9,984,670 km² |
| World rank | 2nd |
| Share of world land | 7.3% |
| Rank in North America | 1st / 38 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 4.1× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 40,968,099 km² |
Largest countries in North America (true area)
| North America | |
|---|
| Canada (this country) | 9,984,670 km² |
| United States | 9,525,067 km² |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² |
| Mexico | 1,964,375 km² |
| Nicaragua | 130,373 km² |
| Honduras | 112,492 km² |