Tunisia covers 163,610 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 94th of 237 countries worldwide and 37th in Africa. At 34° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.5×, drawing it closer to 238,543 km², a difference of roughly 46%.
For scale, Tunisia is roughly the same size as Bangladesh (148,460 km²).
You could fit 3 of Denmark inside Tunisia.
Tunisia: key figures
| True area | 163,610 km² |
| World rank | 94th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Africa | 37th / 58 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.5× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 238,543 km² |
Largest countries in Africa (true area)
| Africa | |
|---|
| Algeria | 2,381,741 km² |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 km² |
| Sudan | 1,878,000 km² |
| Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
| Chad | 1,284,000 km² |
| Niger | 1,267,000 km² |