Both maps below show Armenia highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Armenia about 1.7× at 40°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 29,743 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 1.7× inflation is why Armenia dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Armenia on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Armenia: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Armenia | 29,743 km² | 51,116 km² | 1.7× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Armenia at about 51,116 km². The truth is 29,743 km², a difference of 72% that school atlases carried for centuries.