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01Act I · Selection

Compare the real size of countries, US states and continents

Choose countries, continents, US states, or England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Overlay their outlines at the same scale, drag them and compare their areas in km².

Comparison configurator

Choose two places to compare

  1. 1 Select
  2. 2 Overlay
  3. 3 Verdict
AReference
Country

Poland

312.68K km²

BCompared subject
Country

Greenland

2.17M km²

Result preview

Greenland is 6.9× larger by area.

Continue to act IICompare areas at one scale
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Ready-made experiments
01
A state on a country scale

Texas vs France

02
Northern illusion

Poland vs Greenland

03
Country vs continent

Poland vs Africa

04
Two giants

USA vs Russia

05
Almost a tie

China vs USA

06
Equatorial surprise

United Kingdom vs Madagascar

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03What happens next

How to compare country sizes at the same scale

In the studio, you will reveal the gap between true size and the impression left by a map.

01Overlay

Outlines start at the same scale.

02Move

Separate them or drag one over the other.

03Experiment

Change scale, opacity, and the measurement grid.

Prefer moving countries freely around the whole world?

Open the interactive projection map ↗