1. a map in which some variable (such as population, income, or disease rate) is represented by the size or color of geographic regions rather than by their actual area
Usage: commonly used in geography, statistics, and data visualization

Examples

• The cartogram showed that the United States' largest regions by population were concentrated on the coasts.
• A cartogram can distort the shape of countries to emphasize differences in wealth or resources.
• The election results were displayed as a cartogram, with states sized according to the number of voters.
• Cartograms are useful for visualizing data that doesn't correspond neatly to geographic boundaries.
• The cartogram made it easy to see which regions had the highest unemployment rates at a glance.