Mind-blowing map shows real size of every country - there's a massive north-south divide Africa, Europe and North America are completely different on this new map. By Jessica Knibbs ...

The REAL map of the world: Clever 'to scale' chart reveals the true size of Earth's countries (and Russia, Canada and Greenland are MUCH smaller than you think!) ...

There are 23 countries in North America. It is the third-largest in terms of area and fourth-most populous continent in the world. North America accounts for 7.5% of the world’s population.