The interactive map allows users to search for a country and then compare its actual surface area against a Mercator projection map, one of the most popular and yet most inaccurate maps of our world.

Depending on the map projection used, the size of continents can be quite distorted - and a map showing the true size of each country shows there is a north-south divide ...

The REAL map of the world: Clever 'to scale' chart reveals the true size of Earth's countries (and Russia, Canada and Greenland are MUCH smaller than you think!) ...

The three cartographers created the Equal Earth map in response to public schools in Boston adopting another map, the Gall-Peter map projection, to depict the true sizes of the continents in 2017.

The REAL map of the world: New 'Equal Earth' projection is a more accurate representation of the continents. Researchers created new Equal Earth map that shows landmasses in truer size; ...

Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the truth about how big (or small) countries ...

Our world is an amazing place. However, our view of it isn't always terribly accurate. In fact, the maps that we use often work to reinforce our misconceptions. For example, the size of Europe is ...

Cape Town - How large is the world really, when compared to its depiction on a globe and a map? Most people might guess but few would have any idea of the scale of difference between the two. But if ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.