Both maps below show Chile highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Chile about 1.5× at 36°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 756,102 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 1.5× inflation is why Chile dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Chile on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Chile: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Chile | 756,102 km² | 1,157,441 km² | 1.5× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Chile at about 1,157,441 km². The truth is 756,102 km², a difference of 53% that school atlases carried for centuries.