graphs - What's a pie chart alternative that continues to occupy a predictable amount of screen space?

Pie charts have many problems.
Among them:

• Hard for humans to visually distinguish between slices of similar but different sizes.


• Nearly impossible to effectively label with more than 5-7 pieces or a few very small pieces.

But pie charts do have one major design benefit:

• Occupies a predictable amount of real estate on the page/screen.

What is an alternative to a pie chart that continues to occupy a predictable amount of real estate?