True Size of Countries

True territorial area

Greenland vs Australia

Choose two countries to compare their reviewed areas at one calibrated scale.

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GreenlandAustralia

The answer

Australia is about 3.6 times larger than Greenland.

Greenland
2,166,086 km²
Australia
7,692,024 km²
Ratio
3.6×
Difference
5,525,938 km²

What is measured

Land and inland-water territorial surface area; EEZs, maritime claims, and map-projection display area are excluded.

Both outlines use one shared scale. Display units never change the source values.

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