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.

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

Equal Earth is designed to show countries at their true relative size, in a UN push led by Togo with African Union backing at U.N.

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

The UN General Assembly voted to back the Equal Earth cartographic projection in a bid to provide what it described as a ...

The United Nations has voted to change the world map to reflect the true, relative sizes of countries.