Both maps below show Slovenia highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Slovenia about 2.1× at 46°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 20,273 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 2.1× inflation is why Slovenia dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Slovenia on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Slovenia: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Slovenia | 20,273 km² | 42,190 km² | 2.1× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Slovenia at about 42,190 km². The truth is 20,273 km², a difference of 108% that school atlases carried for centuries.