Iceland covers 103,000 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 109th of 237 countries worldwide and 16th in Europe. At 65° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 5.6×, drawing it closer to 576,594 km², a difference of roughly 460%.
For scale, Iceland is roughly the same size as Cuba (109,884 km²).
Iceland: key figures
| True area | 103,000 km² |
| World rank | 109th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Europe | 16th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 5.6× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 576,594 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)