Slovakia covers 49,035 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.036% of all land on Earth. It ranks 130th of 237 countries worldwide and 27th in Europe. At 49° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.3×, drawing it closer to 112,619 km², a difference of roughly 130%.
For scale, Slovakia is roughly the same size as Denmark (42,947 km²).
Slovakia: key figures
| True area | 49,035 km² |
| World rank | 130th |
| Share of world land | 0.036% |
| Rank in Europe | 27th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.3× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 112,619 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)