How the World Map Looks Wildly Different Than You Think

All of us have seen a world map at some point in our lives before, but it is very difficult to imagine how certain countries and parts of the world compare to each other in size that are far apart. In this video, I explore why the world looks very different than how it is portrayed in the Mercator Projection map. I then go on to explore how certain countries are unexpectedly larger or smaller than what they appear to be, and how some places looks wildly different than our perceptions. PS; Don't totally hate on the Mercator Projection, it's actually a really useful map for navigation and on keeping the correct shape of countries while sacrificing the size that we can all laugh about! Music is by Ross Bugden. He makes excellent music, please check out his channel! Link to channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ?spfreload=5 Link to song used in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbOiqJJ5RxU Link to download for song: http://www.mediafire.com/download/a4a8eh4hdmrs1d6/Ghibli%27s+Waltz.wav Link to TheTrueSize.com http://thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTYxMzc1OTI.MzgyMDA2OQ*MzYwMDAwMDA(MA~!CONTIGUOUS_US*MTAwMjQwNzU.MjUwMjM1MTc(MTc1)MA~!IN*NTI2NDA1MQ.Nzg2MzQyMQ)MQ~!CN*OTkyMTY5Nw.NzMxNDcwNQ(MjI1)Mg

Comments

1. Are u an idiot Russia is bigger than Pluto😂😂😂😂
2. KOSOVO IS SERBIA ! 🔴🔵⚪
3. LOSER
4. Bull shit
5. 3:39 Finland confirmed in the middle of the map 8)
6. Denmark would easily cover USA because Greenland is a part of Denmark. Seems like you forgot it.
7. i dont belive your propaganda, пиздабол. RUSSIA IS HUGE! evreone knows. you are a poor man, why do yout tell thos lies?
8. you are stupid. rossia with siberia have 13 time zones ,half of world. from black sea to kamchatka and Bering sea. alaska have 4, austalia 3
9. Why would you compare the real size of the countries with the stretched out versions on the map?
10. fake
11. Tasmania is not south of Australia. It is a state of Australia so is part of it.
12. we live in an representation of the world wich never suit with reality because of our simbolic nature
13. The uk 🇬🇧 looks like a dinosaur being shot in the head and … falling
14. Sweden is so smoll
15. where the fuck is Slovenia
16. It's a small world after all, No? Ok I understand
17. It's very offending. You use map where you show Georgia without Abkhazia and so called "South Ossetia"
    Shame on you RealLifeLore. They aren't countries and never will be.
18. 2:21 KOSOVO IS SERBIA U PIECE OF SHIT 1166.On KOSOVO SERBIA WAS MADE AS CONTRY
19. чисто за рашку дизлайк
20. We Belgians have the bigger culture. :P