Any map like this greatly overemphasises high latitude countries with a large surface area. For example, the population of Russia is now less than that of Bangladesh, which is hardly visible. It would be better to either show a distorted map with area proportional to population, or use population density for the colourscale, or use spots (to show where people really live, not in deserts or tundra). At minimum, choose an equal area-projection.
People really are too comfortable with this awful projection. I’m hoping more US states follow Massachusetts and use projections like Gall-Peters in school.
Any map like this greatly overemphasises high latitude countries with a large surface area. For example, the population of Russia is now less than that of Bangladesh, which is hardly visible. It would be better to either show a distorted map with area proportional to population, or use population density for the colourscale, or use spots (to show where people really live, not in deserts or tundra). At minimum, choose an equal area-projection.
People really are too comfortable with this awful projection. I’m hoping more US states follow Massachusetts and use projections like Gall-Peters in school.
For those wondering
I like this one better:
There is a lot to choose from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-area_projection#List_of_equal-area_projections