Africaba presents
See the world in its true size.
For centuries, the world's most familiar maps have distorted the relative size of continents. In September 2026, the United Nations overwhelmingly supported a resolution encouraging more accurate, equal-area representations of our world.
Africa is the world's second-largest continent — and it's much bigger than many of us were taught to visualize.
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The map most of us grew up with was designed for navigation, not accuracy. To keep compass lines straight for sailors, it stretches land farther from the equator — dramatically inflating Europe, North America, and Greenland while shrinking equatorial regions like Africa. On a Mercator map, Greenland looks roughly the size of Africa. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger.
Equal-area projections like Equal Earth preserve the true relative size of every landmass. Countries and continents appear in proportion to their actual area on the planet — no region inflated, no region diminished. It's the view of the world the United Nations has now encouraged mapmakers to adopt.
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