Can you guess the real size of each country on the new world map?

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The UN adopted a resolution on Friday evening Finnish time that will change the world map. The traditional Mercator projection will be replaced by the Equal Earth projection, in which, for example, Africa will appear larger and North America smaller than before.

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Change was approved by the UN for cartographic representation of countries in Africa, South America and Asia The post New map-mundi corrects size of Africa, Asia and South America apareceu primeiro em AMAZONAS CURRENT.

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Map drawn in the 16th century by a European presented Africa, South America and Asia smaller than they are; the UN corrected the distortion...

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The Mercator map is widely used around the world, but it inaccurately depicts the size of countries and continents. The decision is not binding, but is expected to affect education and technology.