Both maps below show Croatia highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Croatia about 2× at 45°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 56,594 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 2× inflation is why Croatia dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Croatia on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Croatia: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Croatia | 56,594 km² | 113,488 km² | 2× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Croatia at about 113,488 km². The truth is 56,594 km², a difference of 101% that school atlases carried for centuries.