Observed arrival · 2026-09-27

Stretchy Maps makes population visible in the outline

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An interactive world map resizes countries by population, GDP, or numbers users enter.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-27 issue.

For: Teachers and readers exploring population geography
Worth noticing: Places without World Bank figures, including Taiwan and Western Sahara, retain their true size and appear in grey.

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The controls allow users to switch among population, GDP, and their own country-by-country values, then choose a linear, square-root, or logarithmic scale. The page attributes population figures to the World Bank's 2024 SP.POP.TOTL indicator and borders to Natural Earth. It notes that places without World Bank figures, such as Taiwan and Western Sahara, keep their true size and appear grey.

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