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

It makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

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

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

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

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The U.S. was lone 'no' vote.