The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

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.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

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Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...