With these unusual maps you will see the world from a new angle

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Even if you weren't a fan of geography in school, you are going to love these infographical world maps which contain the most interesting statistics. Are you ready to learn a little more about our planet?

#1 On world maps, some countries appear larger than they really are:

The thing is that countries look bigger in and around the Poles, but, when moved near or on the equator, have a lesser area. Why is so, and what is the actual size of such countries? Our planet is a sphere, and maps are two-dimensional, that's what causes distortion in projecting geographic information from one to the other. So, the countries located closer to the Poles are smaller in reality.

#2 World flags on a map:

#3 The most photographed places in the world:

#4 World happiness map:

#5 Ginger map of Europe:

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#6 The human sex ratio by country:

#7 The countries that don't use metric system:

There are only three such countries in the world: Burma, Liberia, and the USA.

#8 Time zones in Antarctica:

#9 More people live inside this circle than outside of it:

#10 Where-to-be-born index:

#11 2% of Australia's population lives here:

#12 iOS vs Android:

#13 The Moon as compared to the USA:

#14 Political world map as Pangea 200-300 million years ago:

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It began breaking apart only about 175 million years ago. The most of Pangaea was located in the southern hemisphere of the planet. The supercontinent was surrounded by a superocean, Panthalassa.

#15 Land and sea of the world inverted:

#16 As it turns out, most people see a dog's head and a cat's head in the map of Australia:

What do you see?

Have you ever seen such maps before? Which one is the most interesting? Do you like such a way of presenting statistical information?

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