The tiny nation of Kiribati spans across all four hemispheres—Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western. Spread across 811 square km, the country is small in size, both in population and landmass.

In a flip of convention, my giant, framed world map displays the southern hemisphere — Australia included — at the top. It's a twist, but not strictly speaking a distortion.

Bloomberg Radio host Tom Keene just tweeted a fascinating fact: 90 percent of the world's people live in the Northern Hemisphere. This map posted by Frank Jacobs at bigthink.com shows population ...

Learn how to locate different places in the world. Discover what longitude and latitude are and understand what the different hemispheres are. ... What is a map used for? count. 4 of 10.