The Google Trends team generated a map for me this past June showing how often Americans searched about each country of the world over 2016. Africa stands alone as the least-searched continent by far.

Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big countries REALLY are Africa is around 30,365,000 sq km, making it three times bigger than Europe (10,180,000 sq km) ...

Africa is bigger than it looks on most maps of the world ... This was not a big problem for 16th-century sailors, of course, and the Mercator projection remains popular to this day.

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.

Deceptively big: Nine countries (including three superpowers) superimposed over Africa. Credit: truesize.com "On the Mercator projection Greenland appears to be roughly the same size as Africa.

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. Advertisement In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.