The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

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

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.