Cyprus covers 9,251 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.0068% of all land on Earth. It ranks 169th of 237 countries worldwide and 44th in Asia. At 35° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.5×, drawing it closer to 13,759 km², a difference of roughly 49%.
Cyprus: key figures
| True area | 9,251 km² |
| World rank | 169th |
| Share of world land | 0.0068% |
| Rank in Asia | 44th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.5× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 13,759 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² |