How many fit
"How many Japans fit in Russia" is the most asked question in the subject. Every page here gives two numbers: how many really fit, and how many this map makes it look like. They differ, and not always in the same direction.
| Ruler | Asia | Africa | North America | South America | Russia | Canada | United States | China | Brazil | Oceania | Australia | Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 119 / 200 | 74 / 52 | 60 / 174 | 44 / 32 | 42 / 127 | 25 / 80 | 23 / 34 | 23 / 23 | 21 / 14 | 21 / 16 | 19 / 15 | 15 / 29 |
| France | 75 / 102 | 47 / 26 | 38 / 89 | 28 / 16 | 26 / 65 | 16 / 41 | 15 / 17 | 15 / 12 | 13 / 7.1 | 13 / 8.4 | 12 / 7.6 | 9.2 / 15 |
| Germany | 135 / 143 | 84 / 37 | 69 / 125 | 50 / 23 | 48 / 91 | 28 / 57 | 27 / 24 | 26 / 16 | 24 / 10.0 | 24 / 12 | 22 / 11 | 17 / 21 |
| United Kingdom | 194 / 180 | 121 / 46 | 98 / 157 | 72 / 29 | 68 / 115 | 40 / 72 | 38 / 30 | 38 / 21 | 34 / 13 | 34 / 15 | 31 / 13 | 24 / 26 |
| India | 15 / 35 | 9.5 / 8.9 | 7.7 / 30 | 5.7 / 5.5 | 5.4 / 22 | 3.2 / 14 | 3.0 / 5.8 | 3.0 / 4.0 | 2.7 / 2.4 | 2.7 / 2.8 | 2.4 / 2.6 | No page for this pair |
| Greenland | 22 / 3.6 | 14 / 0.9 | 11 / 3.1 | 8.1 / 0.6 | 7.7 / 2.3 | 4.6 / 1.4 | 4.3 / 0.6 | 4.3 / 0.4 | 3.9 / 0.2 | 3.9 / 0.3 | 3.5 / 0.3 | 2.7 / 0.5 |
Really / As Mercator draws it
An empty cell is a pair where fewer than two fit. "How many X fit in Y" presumes more than one does, so those pairs get no page of their own.
Under Equal Earth or Gall-Peters the two figures are identical - for every pair on this site. An equal-area projection draws in proportion to true area, so the count you can see is the count there is. That is a definition, not a coincidence.