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Greenland vs Brazil
Brazil is bigger. It measures 8,499,526 km² against Greenland’s 2,154,786 km² — 3.9 times the island the poster draws as a near-continent.
Brazil8,499,526 km²
Greenland2,154,786 km²
Brazil is3.9 times Greenland
The lieMercator, from 60°N up
Drag Greenland south on the map below and watch it shrink as it travels. Same island, same area, different latitude. The map was measuring where Greenland was standing.
Greenland already moved south beside Brazil, on Mercator, so the deflation is the first thing you see. Open this scene on the full map.
Areas are the shapes drawn on Map Real Size, measured on the sphere. Official land-area tables differ where they include inland water, a different coastline, or a disputed border. Your map has been lying.