Misconceptions among the common people on the World Map.

What misconceptions have arisen among the common people after looking at the map of the world:

Light blue is Mercator projection, Dark blue is the actual size.

In fact, the two countries in particular come to mind. The first is Greenland, the second is Russia. (But Russia is really big)

Yes, Russia is a big country, but on the Mercator map, Russia is presented in an unusually large way. This map shows Russia larger than Africa. But the truth is that Russia is half the size of the African continent.

The same thing happened with Greenland. Its size is shown to be equal to that of the African continent. But the truth is that Greenland is 1 in 14 of the size of Africa. This problem occurs with Mercator maps. Because each point is gradually enlarged as you move closer to the pole. Since you are describing a sphere with 2 dimensions.

Greenland vs Africa