Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country

While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.

The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.

You can see an animation below:

Finally the map gives a bar graph to show the relative size of the world’s largest countries:

Also, see:

• The True Size of Africa
• Map Projections & What They Say About You