Drag any country to see its true size
Is Greenland really as big as South America? On the most widely used world map, it looks even bigger. Drag it to the equator and it shrinks to its real size: about an eighth of South America.
Every flat map distorts the round Earth. TrueWorld Maps lets you pick up any country, drag it anywhere on the map and compare it with another.
Made for geography lessons, homework and friendly debates about which country is bigger. Curious why maps get it wrong? Read about the true size of countries.
Why the map in your head is wrong
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The UN has backed a world map that shows Africa at its true size
The UN voted 164 to 1 on September 4, 2026, to encourage the Equal Earth map. What the resolution says, why Africa looks small, and what changes.
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The true size of countries, and why maps get it wrong
Greenland is not as big as Africa, and Canada is not bigger than the United States, China and Brazil combined. See the true size of countries.
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The Mercator projection, and why it makes Greenland look huge
Gerardus Mercator drew his map in 1569 for sailors. How the Mercator projection works, how much it distorts size, and why web maps still use it.