The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately.

The UN General Assembly voted to back the Equal Earth cartographic projection in a bid to provide what it described as a 'more accurate representation' of the world's land masses.

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

But while the physical geography of our world can be set in stone, the reality is that maps are not. There are choices ...

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.