The world map as we know is Mercartor projection - which gives an inaccurate size description of countries & continents. Inappropriate use of the Mercator projection in world maps and the size disparities misguide young children on true-size of countries & continents.

There have been many attempts in the past to replace mercator projections as the perception they create is misguiding & fundamentally alters human perceptions, especially regarding the inflated size of Greenland, EU, Russia & USA, while deflating size of African continent, India, Brazil & other equatorial/tropical countries.

Mercator Projection - taught to unsuspecting students Vs Actual Size Projections (Peter-Gall Projection)

A sample comparison of Greenland & Africa:

GreenLand Vs Africa - Mercator Vs Peter-Gall & GreenLand Vs Africa - Real Land area proportions

It is requested that Mercator projection be dumped for more accurate projections. Also recommend using upside-down maps to ignite the thought of alternate perception of real world while understanding the concept of projections, in general.