How True Size Country Comparisons Work
True Size compares territorial surface area: land and inland water, excluding exclusive economic zones, maritime claims, and projected map display area.
Details
Area values come from the reviewed Atlas source ledger. Canonical values remain in square kilometres and display rounding never changes stored measurements.
Country geometry comes from Natural Earth Admin 0 Countries version 5.1.1 at 1:10m, using each reviewed feature-selection note.
Rendered land pixels are assigned in proportion to territorial area. Both silhouettes receive one shared fit factor when the pair must shrink to fit.
Corrections require a primary source, a reviewed boundary decision, and updated automated checks before publication.