World map emoji meaning

The world map emoji shows a simplified map of the Earth, highlighting the outlines of continents or landmasses. It usually does not include specific country borders, focusing instead on the general shape and arrangement of the continents. This emoji often represents themes like travel, geography, global understanding, and topics that are connected to the entire world. It is a visual way to discuss international ideas, cultural exploration, or anything related to the planet as a whole.

The world map emoji was approved in Unicode 7.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/11052