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

https://mins.news/en/item/47267

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-06 11:15 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/6/can-you-guess-the-real-size-of-each-country-on-the-new-world-map?traffic_source=rss

> The UN General Assembly voted 164-1 to promote the Equal Earth projection, which preserves countries’ relative areas, as an alternative to the Mercator map. Proposed by Togo for the African Group, the nonbinding resolution encourages schools, institutions and technology companies to adopt it; the United States opposed it and six countries abstained.

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