Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface

Saw this infographic and thought it was interesting. 

It's a look at how much of the Earth each country covers … and how much of the earth is covered by water. 

via visualcapitalist

You might have already known that only 30% of the Earth's surface is covered in land – but seeing how much of that land was in Antarctica was surprising.

Landmass does not equal population … which is part of the reason I found it somewhat surprising how much land a less densely populated country, like Russia, has. 

Also worth a read is this article on how the Mercator Projection skews the size of landmasses.