Latvia covers 64,594 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.047% of all land on Earth. It ranks 125th of 237 countries worldwide and 24th in Europe. At 57° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 3.3×, drawing it closer to 216,125 km², a difference of roughly 235%.
For scale, Latvia is roughly the same size as Ireland (70,273 km²).
Latvia: key figures
| True area | 64,594 km² |
| World rank | 125th |
| Share of world land | 0.047% |
| Rank in Europe | 24th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 3.3× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 216,125 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)