Romania covers 238,398 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.2% of all land on Earth. It ranks 83rd of 237 countries worldwide and 12th in Europe. At 46° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.1×, drawing it closer to 491,338 km², a difference of roughly 106%.
For scale, Romania is roughly the same size as United Kingdom (244,376 km²).
You could fit 3 of Czechia inside Romania.
Romania: key figures
| True area | 238,398 km² |
| World rank | 83rd |
| Share of world land | 0.2% |
| Rank in Europe | 12th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.1× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 491,338 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)