Most UN countries have voted in favour of switching from the classic world map to the Equal Earth projection. Equal Earth shows continents in their true proportions , unlike the Mercator projection of 1569 , which distorts their relative sizes. On the Equal Earth map, #Russia looks noticeably smaller , while Africa appears significantly larger . In fact, Africa is large enough to fit almost two Russias or around 14–15 Greenlands inside it — something that looks very different on traditional