Lithuania covers 65,286 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.048% of all land on Earth. It ranks 124th of 237 countries worldwide and 23rd in Europe. At 55° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 3.1×, drawing it closer to 201,695 km², a difference of roughly 209%.
For scale, Lithuania is roughly the same size as Ireland (70,273 km²).
Lithuania: key figures
| True area | 65,286 km² |
| World rank | 124th |
| Share of world land | 0.048% |
| Rank in Europe | 23rd / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 3.1× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 201,695 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)