How big it really is
29,558 km²True area · 11,412 square miles
143 / 242By area
1.72×As Mercator draws it
1,027 timesFits into Africa
2,957,731People
100People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Armenia is at about 40° N. Mercator stretches each place by the same amount across and up, more the further it is from the equator, so here every area comes out 1.72× its true size.
At the equator nothing is stretched. At 60° north or south, everything is drawn at four times its true area. The poles never fit on the map at all.
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