Greece covers 131,957 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 98th of 237 countries worldwide and 14th in Europe. At 39° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.7×, drawing it closer to 218,785 km², a difference of roughly 66%.
For scale, Greece is roughly the same size as Nepal (147,181 km²).
You could fit 3 of Denmark inside Greece.
Greece: key figures
| True area | 131,957 km² |
| World rank | 98th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Europe | 14th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.7× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 218,785 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)