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Cartography

Cartography is the production and study of geographic and geological maps. It is very dependent on geodesy, a science that strives to describe, measure and report on the shape and dimensions of the Earth. The main principle of cartography is the representation of data on a reduced support representing a space generally taken for real. The objective of the map is a concise and effective representation, the simplification of complex phenomena (political, economic, social, etc.) at work on the space represented in order to allow a rapid and relevant understanding. Map creation begins with the definition of the cartographic project. The collection of information is in two parts: 1. the outline of the contours and the support space to be represented (basemap); 2. the statement of statistical data to be represented in this space. Next comes information selection, graphic design (icons, styles), then assembly (creation of the map), and information about the map (legend, scale, compass rose).

Cartographic creation is also studied, its methods commented. Mathematical analyzes compare, for example, the distortions of map projections, while graphic information theories give advice as to the style necessary for a clear graphic message. Being the fruit of human selections, the card can omit, deny, deceive. The comparative study of the maps is interesting here, since it reveals the biases. The main actors of cartography were traditionally explorers and cartographers, in order to define the space of the States, and the spaces of the territories explored. Today, modern cartography is transdisciplinary and applies to a large number of sciences: geology for geologists, biology for biologists, town planning for architects, sociology for sociologists… require collaboration between cartographers, experts , and data analysts. Digital and satellite data make IT and IT specialists new key partners, while netizens have recently joined the group with 2.0 mapping and information mapping.

List of countries

countries inhabitants Area (in sq km) Phone code ISO neighbours
 Andorra 84 000 468 AD 376 Spain, France
 United Arab Emirates 4 975 593 82 880 AE 971 Oman, Saudi Arabia
 Afghanistan 29 121 286 647 500 AF 93 China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
 Antigua and Barbuda 86 754 443 AG +1-268
 Anguilla 13 254 102 AI +1-264
 Albania 2 986 952 28 748 AL 355 Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia
 Armenia 2 968 000 29 800 AM 374 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
 Angola 13 068 161 1 246 700 AO 244 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia
 Argentina 41 343 201 2 766 890 AR 54 Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
 American Samoa 57 881 199 AS +1-684
 Austria 8 205 000 83 858 AT 43 Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Slovakia
 Australia 21 515 754 7 686 850 AU 61
 Aruba 71 566 193 AW 297
 Aland Islands 26 711 1 580 AX +358-18
 Azerbaijan 8 303 512 86 600 AZ 994 Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 590 000 51 129 BA 387 Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
 Barbados 285 653 431 BB +1-246
 Bangladesh 156 118 464 144 000 BD 880 India, Myanmar
 Belgium 10 403 000 30 510 BE 32 Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands
 Burkina Faso 16 241 811 274 200 BF 226 Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo
 Bulgaria 7 148 785 110 910 BG 359 Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
 Bahrain 738 004 665 BH 973
 Burundi 9 863 117 27 830 BI 257 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
 Benin 9 056 010 112 620 BJ 229 Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
 Saint Barthelemy 8 450 21 BL 590
 Bermuda 65 365 53 BM +1-441
 Brunei 395 027 5 770 BN 673 Malaysia
 Bolivia 9 947 418 1 098 580 BO 591 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay
 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 18 012 328 BQ 599
 Brazil 201 103 330 8 511 965 BR 55 Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
 Bahamas 301 790 13 940 BS +1-242
 Bhutan 699 847 47 000 BT 975 China, India
 Botswana 2 029 307 600 370 BW 267 Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
 Belarus 9 685 000 207 600 BY 375 Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
 Belize 314 522 22 966 BZ 501 Guatemala, Mexico
 Canada 33 679 000 9 984 670 CA 1 United States
 Cocos Islands 628 14 CC 61
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 70 916 439 2 345 410 CD 243 Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
 Central African Republic 4 844 927 622 984 CF 236 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad
 Republic of the Congo 3 039 126 342 000 CG 242 Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon
 Switzerland 7 581 000 41 290 CH 41 Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Liechtenstein
 Ivory Coast 21 058 798 322 460 CI 225 Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali
 Cook Islands 21 388 240 CK 682
 Chile 16 746 491 756 950 CL 56 Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
 Cameroon 19 294 149 475 440 CM 237 Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Chad
 China 1 330 044 000 9 596 960 CN 86 Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
 Colombia 47 790 000 1 138 910 CO 57 Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
 Costa Rica 4 516 220 51 100 CR 506 Nicaragua, Panama
 Cuba 11 423 000 110 860 CU 53 United States
 Cape Verde 508 659 4 033 CV 238
 Curacao 141 766 444 CW 599
 Christmas Island 1 500 135 CX 61
 Cyprus 1 102 677 9 250 CY 357
 Czech Republic 10 476 000 78 866 CZ 420 Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
 Germany 81 802 257 357 021 DE 49 Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland
 Djibouti 740 528 23 000 DJ 253 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
 Denmark 5 484 000 43 094 DK 45 Germany
 Dominica 72 813 754 DM +1-767
 Dominican Republic 9 823 821 48 730 DO +1-809 and 1-829 Haiti
 Algeria 34 586 184 2 381 740 DZ 213 Western Sahara, Libya, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia
 Ecuador 14 790 608 283 560 EC 593 Colombia, Peru
 Estonia 1 291 170 45 226 EE 372 Latvia, Russia
 Egypt 80 471 869 1 001 450 EG 20 Israel, Libya, Palestinian Territory, Sudan
 Western Sahara 273 008 266 000 EH 212 Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania
 Eritrea 5 792 984 121 320 ER 291 Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
 Spain 46 505 963 504 782 ES 34 Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal
 Ethiopia 88 013 491 1 127 127 ET 251 Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia
 Finland 5 244 000 337 030 FI 358 Norway, Russia, Sweden
 Fiji 875 983 18 270 FJ 679
 Falkland Islands 2 638 12 173 FK 500
 Micronesia 107 708 702 FM 691
 Faroe Islands 48 228 1 399 FO 298
 France 64 768 389 547 030 FR 33 Andorra, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco
 Gabon 1 545 255 267 667 GA 241 Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
 United Kingdom 62 348 447 244 820 GB 44 Ireland
 Grenada 107 818 344 GD +1-473
 Georgia 4 630 000 69 700 GE 995 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey
 French Guiana 195 506 91 000 GF 594 Brazil, Suriname
 Guernsey 65 228 78 GG +44-1481
 Ghana 24 339 838 239 460 GH 233 Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo
 Gibraltar 27 884 7 GI 350 Spain
 Greenland 56 375 2 166 086 GL 299
 Gambia 1 593 256 11 300 GM 220 Senegal
 Guinea 10 324 025 245 857 GN 224 Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Senegal
 Guadeloupe 443 000 1 780 GP 590
 Equatorial Guinea 1 014 999 28 051 GQ 240 Cameroon, Gabon
 Greece 11 000 000 131 940 GR 30 Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Turkey
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 30 3 903 GS
 Guatemala 13 550 440 108 890 GT 502 Belize, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador
 Guam 159 358 549 GU +1-671
 Guinea-Bissau 1 565 126 36 120 GW 245 Guinea, Senegal
 Guyana 748 486 214 970 GY 592 Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela
 Hong Kong 6 898 686 1 092 HK 852
 Honduras 7 989 415 112 090 HN 504 Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador
 Croatia 4 491 000 56 542 HR 385 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
 Haiti 9 648 924 27 750 HT 509 Dominican Republic
 Hungary 9 982 000 93 030 HU 36 Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine
 Indonesia 242 968 342 1 919 440 ID 62 Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor
 Ireland 4 622 917 70 280 IE 353 United Kingdom
 Israel 7 353 985 20 770 IL 972 Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Syria
 Isle of Man 75 049 572 IM +44-1624
 India 1 173 108 018 3 287 590 IN 91 Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
 British Indian Ocean Territory 4 000 60 IO 246
 Iraq 29 671 605 437 072 IQ 964 Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey
 Iran 76 923 300 1 648 000 IR 98 Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey
 Iceland 308 910 103 000 IS 354
 Italy 60 340 328 301 230 IT 39 Austria, Switzerland, France, Slovenia, San Marino, Vatican
 Jersey 90 812 116 JE +44-1534
 Jamaica 2 847 232 10 991 JM +1-876
 Jordan 6 407 085 92 300 JO 962 Israel, Iraq, Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Syria
 Japan 127 288 000 377 835 JP 81
 Kenya 40 046 566 582 650 KE 254 Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
 Kyrgyzstan 5 508 626 198 500 KG 996 China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
 Cambodia 14 453 680 181 040 KH 855 Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
 Kiribati 92 533 811 KI 686
 Comoros 773 407 2 170 KM 269
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51 134 261 KN +1-869
 North Korea 22 912 177 120 540 KP 850 China, South Korea, Russia
 South Korea 48 422 644 98 480 KR 82 North Korea
 Kosovo 1 800 000 10 908 XK Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia
 Kuwait 2 789 132 17 820 KW 965 Iraq, Saudi Arabia
 Cayman Islands 44 270 262 KY +1-345
 Kazakhstan 15 340 000 2 717 300 KZ 7 China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
 Laos 6 368 162 236 800 LA 856 China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
 Lebanon 4 125 247 10 400 LB 961 Israel, Syria
 Saint Lucia 160 922 616 LC +1-758
 Liechtenstein 35 000 160 LI 423 Austria, Switzerland
 Sri Lanka 21 513 990 65 610 LK 94
 Liberia 3 685 076 111 370 LR 231 Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone
 Lesotho 1 919 552 30 355 LS 266 South Africa
 Lithuania 2 944 459 65 200 LT 370 Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia
 Luxembourg 497 538 2 586 LU 352 Belgium, Germany, France
 Latvia 2 217 969 64 589 LV 371 Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia
 Libya 6 461 454 1 759 540 LY 218 Algeria, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia
 Morocco 31 627 428 446 550 MA 212 Algeria, Western Sahara, Spain
 Monaco 32 965 2 MC 377 France
 Moldova 4 324 000 33 843 MD 373 Romania, Ukraine
 Montenegro 666 730 14 026 ME 382 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia
 Saint Martin 35 925 53 MF 590 Sint Maarten
 Madagascar 21 281 844 587 040 MG 261
 Marshall Islands 65 859 181 MH 692
 Macedonia 2 062 294 25 333 MK 389 Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Serbia
 Mali 13 796 354 1 240 000 ML 223 Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
 Myanmar 53 414 374 678 500 MM 95 Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Thailand
 Mongolia 3 086 918 1 565 000 MN 976 China, Russia
 Macao 449 198 254 MO 853
 Northern Mariana Islands 53 883 477 MP +1-670
 Martinique 432 900 1 100 MQ 596
 Mauritania 3 205 060 1 030 700 MR 222 Algeria, Western Sahara, Mali, Senegal
 Montserrat 9 341 102 MS +1-664
 Malta 403 000 316 MT 356
 Mauritius 1 294 104 2 040 MU 230
 Maldives 395 650 300 MV 960
 Malawi 15 447 500 118 480 MW 265 Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
 Mexico 112 468 855 1 972 550 MX 52 Belize, Guatemala, United States
 Malaysia 28 274 729 329 750 MY 60 Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand
 Mozambique 22 061 451 801 590 MZ 258 Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
 Namibia 2 128 471 825 418 NA 264 Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia
 New Caledonia 216 494 19 060 NC 687
 Niger 15 878 271 1 267 000 NE 227 Burkina Faso, Benin, Algeria, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Chad
 Norfolk Island 1 828 35 NF 672
 Nigeria 154 000 000 923 768 NG 234 Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Chad
 Nicaragua 5 995 928 129 494 NI 505 Costa Rica, Honduras
 Netherlands 16 645 000 41 526 NL 31 Belgium, Germany
 Norway 5 009 150 324 220 NO 47 Finland, Russia, Sweden
 Nepal 28 951 852 140 800 NP 977 China, India
 Nauru 10 065 21 NR 674
 Niue 2 166 260 NU 683
 New Zealand 4 252 277 268 680 NZ 64
 Oman 2 967 717 212 460 OM 968 United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
 Panama 3 410 676 78 200 PA 507 Colombia, Costa Rica
 Peru 29 907 003 1 285 220 PE 51 Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador
 French Polynesia 270 485 4 167 PF 689
 Papua New Guinea 6 064 515 462 840 PG 675 Indonesia
 Philippines 99 900 177 300 000 PH 63
 Pakistan 184 404 791 803 940 PK 92 Afghanistan, China, India, Iran
 Poland 38 500 000 312 685 PL 48 Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7 012 242 PM 508
 Pitcairn 46 47 PN 870
 Puerto Rico 3 916 632 9 104 PR +1-787 and 1-939
 Palestinian Territory 3 800 000 5 970 PS 970 Egypt, Israel, Jordan
 Portugal 10 676 000 92 391 PT 351 Spain
 Palau 19 907 458 PW 680
 Paraguay 6 375 830 406 750 PY 595 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
 Qatar 840 926 11 437 QA 974 Saudi Arabia
 Reunion 776 948 2 517 RE 262
 Romania 21 959 278 237 500 RO 40 Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine
 Serbia 7 344 847 88 361 RS 381 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania
 Russia 140 702 000 17 100 000 RU 7 Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
 Rwanda 11 055 976 26 338 RW 250 Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
 Saudi Arabia 25 731 776 1 960 582 SA 966 United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Yemen
 Solomon Islands 559 198 28 450 SB 677
 Seychelles 88 340 455 SC 248
 Sudan 35 000 000 1 861 484 SD 249 Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, Chad
 South Sudan 8 260 490 644 329 SS 211 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda
 Sweden 9 555 893 449 964 SE 46 Finland, Norway
 Singapore 4 701 069 693 SG 65
 Saint Helena 7 460 410 SH 290
 Slovenia 2 007 000 20 273 SI 386 Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy
 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2 550 62 049 SJ 47
 Slovakia 5 455 000 48 845 SK 421 Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
 Sierra Leone 5 245 695 71 740 SL 232 Guinea, Liberia
 San Marino 31 477 61 SM 378 Italy
 Senegal 12 323 252 196 190 SN 221 Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania
 Somalia 10 112 453 637 657 SO 252 Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya
 Suriname 492 829 163 270 SR 597 Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana
 Sao Tome and Principe 175 808 1 001 ST 239
 El Salvador 6 052 064 21 040 SV 503 Guatemala, Honduras
 Sint Maarten 37 429 21 SX 599 Saint Martin
 Syria 22 198 110 185 180 SY 963 Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey
 Swaziland 1 354 051 17 363 SZ 268 Mozambique, South Africa
 Turks and Caicos Islands 20 556 430 TC +1-649
 Chad 10 543 464 1 284 000 TD 235 Central African Republic, Cameroon, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan
 French Southern Territories 140 7 829 TF
 Togo 6 587 239 56 785 TG 228 Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana
 Thailand 67 089 500 514 000 TH 66 Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia
 Tajikistan 7 487 489 143 100 TJ 992 Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
 Tokelau 1 466 10 TK 690
 East Timor 1 154 625 15 007 TL 670 Indonesia
 Turkmenistan 4 940 916 488 100 TM 993 Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
 Tunisia 10 589 025 163 610 TN 216 Algeria, Libya
 Tonga 122 580 748 TO 676
 Turkey 77 804 122 780 580 TR 90 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Iran, Syria
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 228 691 5 128 TT +1-868
 Tuvalu 10 472 26 TV 688
 Taiwan 22 894 384 35 980 TW 886
 Tanzania 41 892 895 945 087 TZ 255 Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia
 Ukraine 45 415 596 603 700 UA 380 Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia
 Uganda 33 398 682 236 040 UG 256 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania
 United States 310 232 863 9 629 091 US 1 Canada, Cuba, Mexico
 Uruguay 3 477 000 176 220 UY 598 Argentina, Brazil
 Uzbekistan 27 865 738 447 400 UZ 998 Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
 Vatican 921 0 VA 379 Italy
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104 217 389 VC +1-784
 Venezuela 27 223 228 912 050 VE 58 Brazil, Colombia, Guyana
 British Virgin Islands 21 730 153 VG +1-284
 U.S. Virgin Islands 108 708 352 VI +1-340
 Vietnam 89 571 130 329 560 VN 84 China, Cambodia, Laos
 Vanuatu 221 552 12 200 VU 678
 Wallis and Futuna 16 025 274 WF 681
 Samoa 192 001 2 944 WS 685
 Yemen 23 495 361 527 970 YE 967 Oman, Saudi Arabia
 Mayotte 159 042 374 YT 262
 South Africa 49 000 000 1 219 912 ZA 27 Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
 Zambia 13 460 305 752 614 ZM 260 Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwe 11 651 858 390 580 ZW 263 Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia
 Serbia and Montenegro 10 829 175 102 350 CS 381 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania
 Netherlands Antilles 136 197 960 AN 599 Guadeloupe