Both maps below show Estonia highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Estonia about 3.7× at 59°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 45,339 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 3.7× inflation is why Estonia dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Estonia on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Estonia: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Estonia | 45,339 km² | 167,723 km² | 3.7× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Estonia at about 167,723 km². The truth is 45,339 km², a difference of 270% that school atlases carried for centuries.