The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

When this world map was ... including by Google Maps. Which is why, centuries later, many people probably don’t realise that the map shows the size of continents and countries to be completely ...

"Kirabati is at the forefront of the next major wave reshaping the map of the world, challenging physical as well as political boundaries and eliminating rather than birthing countries," Keating says.

But some countries are seemingly more relaxed than others about their border controls. Newsweek has analyzed the latest available data and the Open Borders Index to create a map showing countries ...