Both maps below show Andorra highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Andorra about 1.8× at 43°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 468 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 1.8× inflation is why Andorra dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Andorra on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Andorra: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Andorra | 468 km² | 862 km² | 1.8× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Andorra at about 862 km². The truth is 468 km², a difference of 84% that school atlases carried for centuries.