US States With No Outlines Minefield Game
How Much of the World Have You Seen? See The % Of Countries You’ve Visited
Harlem (New York) vs Haarlem (Netherlands)
The map above compares the Manhattan neighbourhood of Harlem with the Dutch city of Haarlem which it was named after. Surprisingly the two have very similar populations and median incomes as the table below shows:
Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country (New Comparison Tool)
While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.
The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.
You can see an animation below:
[Read more…]Europe’s Declining Robbery Rates
The map above shows a rather suprising fact, despite what the media tells you, robbery rates in most European countries (expect Iceland) have dramatically fallen between 2003 and 2024.
From the original map author:
NOTE: for some countries the closest year was take as no data was available for example Germany had data take at 2023 instead of 2024 because it has unavailable the reason is listed below:
If a country does not submit a year’s data, submits data that are not comparable with the UN definition, or the data fail validation, UNODC leaves the entry blank rather than estimating it.
Here are the rates for European countries in 2003 and again below in 2023/24
| Country | Robbery Rate per 100,000 People In 2003 |
|---|---|
| France | 206.3 |
| United Kingdom (England and Wales) | 196.2 |
| Portugal | 189.1 |
| Lithuania | 144.0 |
| Estonia | 137.5 |
| Poland | 135.3 |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | 128.3 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 126.5 |
| Latvia | 109.3 |
| Belarus | 105.1 |
| Sweden | 95.7 |
| United Kingdom (Scotland) | 82.1 |
| Ukraine | 75.5 |
| Germany | 72.8 |
| Italy | 72.3 |
| Bulgaria | 63.2 |
| Switzerland | 59.2 |
| Denmark | 59.0 |
| Czechia | 53.7 |
| Malta | 47.8 |
| Ireland | 42.9 |
| Finland | 39.2 |
| Slovakia | 35.7 |
| Hungary | 32.5 |
| Norway | 31.5 |
| Croatia | 28.7 |
| Greece | 21.2 |
| Slovenia | 17.5 |
| Iceland | 13.5 |
| Romania | 12.9 |
| Liechtenstein | 11.7 |
| Montenegro | 8.0 |
| Monaco | 6.2 |
2023/24
| Country | Robbery Rate per 100,000 People In 2023/24 |
|---|---|
| Spain | 131.4 |
| United Kingdom (England and Wales) | 123.3 |
| Belgium | 120.4 |
| Portugal | 90.2 |
| Luxembourg | 86.2 |
| France | 85.5 |
| Germany | 53.1 |
| Italy | 48.3 |
| Finland | 46.1 |
| Sweden | 44.9 |
| United Kingdom (Scotland) | 35.0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 34.7 |
| Malta | 33.0 |
| Austria | 32.7 |
| Ireland | 31.1 |
| Greece | 28.8 |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | 28.6 |
| Iceland | 26.1 |
| Norway | 25.0 |
| Switzerland | 23.7 |
| Denmark | 22.3 |
| Croatia | 19.5 |
| Liechtenstein | 17.6 |
| Latvia | 17.1 |
| North Macedonia | 16.1 |
| Romania | 15.1 |
| Slovenia | 14.1 |
| Bulgaria | 13.5 |
| Czechia | 13.3 |
| Lithuania | 11.8 |
| Republic of Moldova | 11.6 |
| Poland | 11.0 |
| Serbia | 9.6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.4 |
| Estonia | 7.4 |
| Hungary | 5.5 |
| Montenegro | 5.0 |
| Albania | 3.2 |
| Holy See | 0.0 |
What do you think?
Map of The Most Misspelled Word in Every U.S. State
The map above shows the most misspelled word in Every US state according to this survey on Mental Floss.
None of The Countries That Bordered Romania Before World War 2, Border It Today
The map above shows a slightly odd fact that needs some explanation.
In 1938, Just before World War 2, Romania was bordered by the following countries:
Proposed Map Of The Golden Circle
Canada vs US 1850 – 2025
The maps below are all the work of the work of the amazing geo.universe and show the differences in the population of Canada and the US from 1850 all the way up until 2025.
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