Paraguay covers 406,752 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.3% of all land on Earth. It ranks 60th of 237 countries worldwide and 8th in South America. At 23° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.2×, drawing it closer to 481,554 km², a difference of roughly 18%.
For scale, Paraguay is roughly the same size as Zimbabwe (390,757 km²).
You could fit 3 of Greece inside Paraguay.
Paraguay: key figures
| True area | 406,752 km² |
| World rank | 60th |
| Share of world land | 0.3% |
| Rank in South America | 8th / 14 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.2× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 481,554 km² |
Largest countries in South America (true area)
| South America | |
|---|
| Brazil | 8,510,346 km² |
| Argentina | 2,780,400 km² |
| Peru | 1,285,216 km² |
| Colombia | 1,138,910 km² |
| Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² |
| Venezuela | 912,050 km² |