The size-comparison map tool that's available on mylifeelsewhere.com offers a geography lesson like no other, enabling users to places maps of countries directly over other landmasses.

Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the truth about how big (or small) countries ...

A Newsweek map based on World Bank data charts the external debts owed to China by more than 100 countries. Newsweek has contacted the Chinese Foreign Ministry for comment by email. Why It Matters ...

In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good job of showing countries' shapes and was excellent at showing ocean sailing courses, very important to ...

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

The world’s fattest countries have been revealed in a new interactive map published by Our World in Data, which uses data compiled from figures from 195 countries around the world and shows the ...

Here’s a closer look at the countries holding elections, in maps and charts. India, the world’s most populous country, has already held the largest election this year.

Sources: U.N. World Population Prospects, World Bank Graphic includes countries with at least 50 million people in 2023. Largest economies are determined by gross domestic product.