Kuwait covers 17,818 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.013% of all land on Earth. It ranks 157th of 237 countries worldwide and 40th in Asia. At 29° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.3×, drawing it closer to 23,445 km², a difference of roughly 32%.
Kuwait: key figures
| True area | 17,818 km² |
| World rank | 157th |
| Share of world land | 0.013% |
| Rank in Asia | 40th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.3× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 23,445 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 |