Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said ...

The world has 195 recognised countries, but they are not evenly spread across continents. Some continents have dozens of nations, while others have very few. So which continent has the most countries, ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.

Only 6 countries share the same starting letter “U.” Scattered across different continents and cultures, these six countries have little in common at first glance, yet each plays a distinct role in ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new population estimates, projections and other demographic data up to the year 2100 for 21 countries and areas, and Newsweek has created an illustrative ...

On most maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than ...