Venezuela covers 912,050 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.7% of all land on Earth. It ranks 33rd of 237 countries worldwide and 6th in South America. At 7° latitude Mercator only inflates Venezuela by about 2%, so the old and new maps largely agree on it, unlike the far north where Mercator's stretch is dramatic.
For scale, Venezuela is roughly the same size as Nigeria (923,768 km²).
You could fit 3 of Italy inside Venezuela.
Venezuela: key figures
| True area | 912,050 km² |
| World rank | 33rd |
| Share of world land | 0.7% |
| Rank in South America | 6th / 14 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.02× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 926,278 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 (this country) | 912,050 km² |