An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa ... for about 18 percent of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in ...

This is due to the Mercator Projection, a type of map dating back to 1569 ... The country appears to be about the same size as Africa, however, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.

Most maps, like the Mercator projection, distort the size or shape of land masses, which skews our perceptions of how big continents ... world appears. Inspired by this map of Africa's true ...

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An incredible map shows the "true" size of Africa with ... for about 18 percent of the world's human population. Africa's ...