Cuba covers 109,884 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 107th of 237 countries worldwide and 7th in North America. At 22° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.2×, drawing it closer to 127,180 km², a difference of roughly 16%.
For scale, Cuba is roughly the same size as Iceland (103,000 km²).
Cuba: key figures
| True area | 109,884 km² |
| World rank | 107th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in North America | 7th / 38 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.2× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 127,180 km² |
Largest countries in North America (true area)
| North America | |
|---|
| Canada | 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 |