Finland covers 338,145 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.2% of all land on Earth. It ranks 66th of 237 countries worldwide and 8th in Europe. At 64° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 5.3×, drawing it closer to 1,792,236 km², a difference of roughly 430%.
For scale, Finland is roughly the same size as Congo (342,000 km²).
You could fit 3 of Cuba inside Finland.
Finland: key figures
| True area | 338,145 km² |
| World rank | 66th |
| Share of world land | 0.2% |
| Rank in Europe | 8th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 5.3× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 1,792,236 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)