Cartographic projections distort countries, which can lead us to believe that some countries are larger or smaller than others. Sometimes, this is not true.
I can’t work out how or if I can share a photo in a comment, but we have an ‘actual size’ map based on Peters Projection where the countries appear to be the same or very similar to those in your post.
I've commented on Peter's Projection in this other article (https://www.cartographerstale.com/p/cartographic-projections). It does preserve the areas quite well, as it is an equivalent projection, but it is terrible with shapes and angles. The Mollweide projection (used in the second picture comparing Greenland and Africa) is also equivalent, and it is significantly better at preserving shapes and angles (although with some distortion).
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Basically, we in the north consistently underestimate the size of South America and the truly vast size of Africa.
I can’t work out how or if I can share a photo in a comment, but we have an ‘actual size’ map based on Peters Projection where the countries appear to be the same or very similar to those in your post.
I've commented on Peter's Projection in this other article (https://www.cartographerstale.com/p/cartographic-projections). It does preserve the areas quite well, as it is an equivalent projection, but it is terrible with shapes and angles. The Mollweide projection (used in the second picture comparing Greenland and Africa) is also equivalent, and it is significantly better at preserving shapes and angles (although with some distortion).