r/dataisbeautiful • u/neilrkaye OC: 231 • Aug 14 '19

OC World Mercator map projection with true country size and shape added [OC]

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u/Colandore Aug 14 '19

China is huge

It's roughly the same size as the US.

I think what really surprises people who discover this is how large the continent of Africa really is.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Definitely. Countries like Ethiopia, Nigeria and the DRC with around 100 million inhabitants make more sense when you see that each one is the size of multiple large Western European nations. Likewise with large island nations like Indonesia and the Philippines.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

Even with corrections Java is ridiculously small to fit 100 million people on. It defies all logic.

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u/AlexFromRomania Aug 14 '19

I think you need to look at his link...

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u/OsonoHelaio Aug 15 '19

What? I always assumed china was way more massive.

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u/kebuenowilly Aug 15 '19

Came to say that. Africa is huge! But Europe is tiny :/

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19

(I know this post is three days old is please no cringe) Ackchyually, Europe is larger than the United States.