France covers 643,801 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.5% of all land on Earth. It ranks 43rd of 237 countries worldwide and 2nd in Europe. At 43° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.9×, drawing it closer to 1,201,848 km², a difference of roughly 87%.
For scale, France is roughly the same size as Somalia (637,657 km²).
You could fit 3 of Tunisia inside France.
France: key figures
| True area | 643,801 km² |
| World rank | 43rd |
| Share of world land | 0.5% |
| Rank in Europe | 2nd / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.9× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 1,201,848 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)