Cool Maps: What If We Relabeled a Political Map of the World with Physical Areas In Proportion to Population Ranks? (Plus Fixed Points for the Mathematically Minded!!)

Yes, I know, that’s the kludgiest title ever. But here’s the map:

Kinda’ tells you where the future is, no?

Would you believe no one knows who created this map. The original one, that you can blow up to explore, was posted here Imgur.

FWIW: Economics Ph.D.’s, and other mathematicians will recognize that the U.S. and Brazil are fixed points in this mapping.