Jordan covers 89,318 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 113th of 237 countries worldwide and 31st in Asia. At 31° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.4×, drawing it closer to 122,178 km², a difference of roughly 37%.
For scale, Jordan is roughly the same size as Portugal (92,090 km²).
Jordan: key figures
| True area | 89,318 km² |
| World rank | 113th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Asia | 31st / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.4× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 122,178 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² |