WorldMapper

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.

There are now nearly 600 maps."

This map shows refugee origins: countries that more people try to escape from are shown larger. Not too many people are refugees from Canada, the USA, or Mexico, so North America appears as a spidery line. Some tiny countries in the Middle East and Africa are huge.

Check out the toy exports map.