Greenland covers 2,166,086 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 1.6% of all land on Earth. It ranks 12th of 237 countries worldwide and 3rd in North America. At 73° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 11.8×, drawing it closer to 25,576,494 km², a difference of roughly 1,081%.
For scale, Greenland is roughly the same size as Saudi Arabia (2,149,690 km²).
You could fit 3 of Myanmar inside Greenland.
Greenland: key figures
| True area | 2,166,086 km² |
| World rank | 12th |
| Share of world land | 1.6% |
| Rank in North America | 3rd / 38 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 11.8× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 25,576,494 km² |
Largest countries in North America (true area)
| North America | |
|---|
| Canada | 9,984,670 km² |
| United States | 9,525,067 km² |
| Greenland (this country) | 2,166,086 km² |
| Mexico | 1,964,375 km² |
| Nicaragua | 130,373 km² |
| Honduras | 112,492 km² |