These maps show the world through different eyes. The sizes of countries are changed according to the proportion of different resources they share, and by their contributions to human society.
The size of each territory shows the proportion of worldwide precipitation (falling on land) that falls there.
The largest volume falls on Brazil, but this is partly because of its large land area.
The size of each territory shows the proportion of the worldwide electricity generated from coal that is generated there.
North American territories generate three times more electricity from coal than the total for territories in any other region.
However, the country with the highest coal-generated electricity per person is Australia, which is a large territory with a low population density.
Territory size shows the proportion of all annual mineral depletion that occurs there. Mineral depletion is defined as the loss of potential future income, at current prices, due to the quantities of minerals currently being extracted.
Territories that appear small on this map may lack minerals, or have already used those worth extracting.
Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide meat consumption (including animal products) that occurs there.
Overall, the most meat is consumed in China, a quarter of the world total - but one-fifth of the world population lives in China.
Meat consumption per person is highest in Western Europe.
Countries are sized according to the proportion of all the people living with malaria worldwide that live there.
Most territories are barely visible due to the low number of malaria cases within their borders.
People affected by disasters
Territory size shows that area's share of all people worldwide affected by disasters between 1975 and 2004.
Being 'affected' includes requiring emergency assistance for basic survival, and/or catching an infectious disease not usually found in that territory.
Species gone extinct
Each country's size shows the proportion, of all species worldwide that are known to have become extinct between 1500 and 2004, that became extinct there.
Of those species recorded as recently becoming extinct, more lived in the United States than anywhere else, followed by the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda and Mauritius.
Territory size shows the proportion of all scientific papers published in 2001 written by authors living there.
The number of scientific papers published by researchers in the United States was more than three times as many as were published by the second highest-publishing population, Japan.
Internet users in 2002
Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide Internet users who lived there in 2002.
In 1990, Internet users were mainly found in the United States, Western Europe, Australia, Japan and Taiwan - but by 2002 internet use had spread to Asia Pacific, Southern Asia, South America, China and Eastern Europe.