How big it really is
64,520 km²True area · 24,911 square miles
125 / 242By area
3.09×As Mercator draws it
471 timesFits into Africa
2,786,844People
43.2People per km²
How Mercator draws it
The middle of Lithuania is at about 55° 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 3.09× 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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