The Equal Earth shows the true size of Earth's continents much more accurately than the more popular Mercator projection.

The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

UN votes to approve new world map which will show true size of Africa - Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and tech firms to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection ...

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an "Equal Earth" map. The U.S. described it as a "radical ideological project." ...

Last Friday, the United Nations voted 164-1 to support a new kind of world map. The Equal Earth map is designed to more accurately show the real size of continents and other land masses. The agreement ...

We are talking about 54 countries in Africa out of the 193 or 195 nations in this world (depending on how you see the world) ...

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to drop 500 year old Mercator world maps on September 4 2026. The UN assembly urged governments to switch to the Equal Earth map projection in classrooms and ...