{"id":814,"date":"2012-08-08T09:41:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T13:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=814"},"modified":"2012-08-08T09:41:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T13:41:27","slug":"the-true-size-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/08\/08\/the-true-size-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Size of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/true-size-of-africa.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/true-size-of-africa.gif\" alt=\"true size of africa\" title=\"true size of africa\" width=\"595\" height=\"455\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/true-size-of-africa.gif 595w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/true-size-of-africa-300x229.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/true-size-of-africa-392x300.gif 392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most maps do not show the true size of Africa due to the way they represent the surface of the Earth (a sphere) on a flat surface (the map). To illustrate the point, Kai Krause recently created a <a href=\"http:\/\/static02.mediaite.com\/geekosystem\/uploads\/2010\/10\/true-size-of-africa.jpg\">map<\/a> which showed the outlines of other countries crammed inside the outline of the African continent. The Economist created a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/dailychart\/2010\/11\/cartography\">more accurate version of Krause&#8217;s map<\/a> using a different type of map projection. The results are shown in the image above.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='The True Size of Africa' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/08\/08\/the-true-size-of-africa\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='The True Size of Africa' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/08\/08\/the-true-size-of-africa\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='The True Size of Africa' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/08\/08\/the-true-size-of-africa\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='The True Size of Africa' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/08\/08\/the-true-size-of-africa\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most maps do not show the true size of Africa due to the way they represent the surface of the Earth (a sphere) on a flat surface (the map). 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