Jake of the Web Time Wasters And Then Some

Physical representation of countries based on statistics rather than actual size

This is an absolutely fascinating series of maps of the world - each map represents a different statistic and each country's placement within that statistic. The larger a country appears on these maps, the higher its rating in the given category:

Relatively normal map: comparing land size in each country

Air travel

Rail travel

Mopeds and motorcycles

Wealth in the year 1 AD

Wealth in 1900 AD

Projected wealth for 2015

The prevalence of HIV

Nuclear weapons

War deaths, 1945-present

Increase of carbon dioxide emissions, 1980-2000

Decrease of carbon dioxide emissions, 1980-2000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/3109042/The-Atlas-of-the-Real-World.html