Simple outlines from the Equal Earth Projection map selections

Long-standing distortions in cartography have fundamentally warped how we view the globe, often making Africa and the Global South look drastically smaller than they are in reality. The traditional Mercator projection—originally created by Gerardus Mercator in 1569—was designed strictly for maritime navigation. However, it severely distorts landmasses near the poles. For example, it makes Greenland look roughly the same size as Africa, even though Africa is actually 14 times larger.

To fix this, cartographers Bojan Šavrič, Tom Patterson, and Bernhard Jenny created the Equal Earth Projection in 2018.

The image above overlays the two models to show the true relative size of the world (Red = Mercator, Blue = Equal Earth). Widespread adoption of equal-area maps takes time, while educational textbooks, digital media and television graphics are increasingly switching to accurate views to properly teach geography, navigation systems will continue to rely on Mercator formats. This is because interactive street maps, aviation systems and ships require directionally accurate angles to navigate safely.

Note: Geopolitical borders shown are simplified for visual clarity and are not 100% accurate.

Lists of countries you can get:

Europe:

1. Portugal

2. The United Kingdom (Mainland Only)

3. France (Mainland Only)

4. Germany

5. Italy

6. Spain

7. Poland

8. Romania

9. Finland

North and South America:

1. The United States (Mainland Only)

2. Mexico

3. Greenland

4. Brazil

5. Argentina

6. Chile

7. Colombia

8. Canada (Mainland and the surrounding islands)

Asia

1. Japan

2. South Korea (Mainland Only)

3. Saudi Arabia

4. China

5. The United Arab Emirates

6. Oman

Africa:

1. Tanzania

2. Cameroon

3. Angola

4. Botswana

5. Kenya

6. Egypt

7. Mozambique

Oceania:

1. Australia (Mainland Only)

2. New Zealand

3. Papua New Guinea (Mainland Only)

Europe and Asia (Eurasia)

1. Russia (Mainland 

Antarctica is on here but isn't a nation, but instead its own continent

UPDATE FROM 08/11/26: Hello there! I've was checking how my printables account was doing, I went back to see how my Simple outlines from the Equal Earth Projection map selections is doing, I checked the description and I stated " later either in late October or early November, this same page will have 15 more countries updated here, there will be more for Africa, Asia and Oceania, the list above will be updated once the models have been uploaded" so I went back to paint 3D and uploaded some new maps and updating this page, the following countries that have been recently uploaded are:

Europe:

1. Finland

2. Romania

North and South America:

1. Chile

2. Colombia

3. Canada (Mainland and the surrounding islands)

Asia:

1. China

2. The United Arab Emirates

3. Oman

Africa:

1. Botswana

2. Kenya

3. Egypt

4. Mozambique

Oceania:

1. New Zealand

2. Papua New Guinea (Mainland Only)

Europe and Asia:

1. Russia (Mainland Only)

Those are the new models I have officially uploaded and are officially ready to be downloaded, more models are on the way very soon :)