How big it really is
108,482 km²True area · 41,885 square miles
107 / 242By area
1.08×As Mercator draws it
280 timesFits into Africa
16,604,026People
153People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Guatemala is at about 16° 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 1.08× 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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