Mongolia covers 1,564,116 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 1.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 19th of 237 countries worldwide and 7th in Asia. At 47° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.1×, drawing it closer to 3,357,375 km², a difference of roughly 115%.
For scale, Mongolia is roughly the same size as Iran (1,648,195 km²).
You could fit 3 of Thailand inside Mongolia.
Mongolia: key figures
| True area | 1,564,116 km² |
| World rank | 19th |
| Share of world land | 1.1% |
| Rank in Asia | 7th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.1× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 3,357,375 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 |