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Estimated European Black Population By Country In 2020

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Estimated European Black Population By Country

Map created by reddit user u/Crimson_Vol

The map above shows the estimated share of the black population of each European country in 2020. However, the data is not without it’s controversies. Here’s how the results were arrived at:

Estimation Methods Countries with ethnic census (Russia, Ukraine, UK, Ireland) make it straight forwards by merely providing a direct percentage. Another set of countries provide a “migration background” estimate which classifies persons with even one sub-Saharan born grandparent as having “migrant background”, this also provides a near exact ethnic estimate (Germany, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Austria and some Eastern European states).

Now, using the “exact” proportion of sub-Saharan and Caribbean (in the case of Netherlands/UK) descended
blacks to “country of birth” sub-Saharan migrants in the aforementioned countries, we are able to extrapolate a percentage to their neighbours (Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Czechia, and Hungary) based on the Number of Sub-Saharan born individuals in these respective countries.

This provides a near exact estimate with minimal margin of error of the black population in said countries which only have data on individuals who are foreign born or have foreign citizenship.

Sources for the data: Sources and latest available data: UK Census (2011), destatis.de (2019), Eurostat (2019), Russian Registrar (2019), dmsu.gov.ua (2019), scb.se (2019), Irish Census (2016), demo.istat.it (2019), opendata.cbs.nl (2019), ssb.no (2019), statbank.dk (2020), stat.fi (2019), migracje.gov.pl (2018) and ine.es (2019).

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Percentage of People That Think Their Country Has Benefited From Being In The EU

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Map created by Landgeist

The map above shows what percentage of people in each EU member state think that the EU has benefited their country. As Landgesit explains:

The exact question in the survey was: “Taking everything into account, would you say that (OUR COUNTRY) has on balance benefited or not from being a member of the EU?”. People could answer this question with “Benefited”, “Not benefited” or “Don’t know”.

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2022 Map Of Ukraine Showing Key Facts About The Country

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Map created by VisualCapitalist.com designed by Nick Routley

The 2022 map above shows key facts about Ukraine.

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Population Growth In European Countries Between 1960 & 2020

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Population Growth In European Countries Between 1960 & 2020

Map created by reddit user Lambda301

The map above shows the population increase (or decrease of various European countries between 1960 and 2020). Globally world population increased from 3.03 billion to 7.79 billion or a 157% increase.

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North American Maps for Curious Minds

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North American Maps for Curious Minds

I’m very please to announce that The Maps for Curious Minds series is back—with 100 vivid infographic maps that transform the way we understand the cultural and historical wonders of North America.

North American Maps for Curious Minds was written by Matthew Bucklan and Victor Cizek and illustrated by Jack Dunnington with a foreword by me (Ian Wright).

Find out the answers to the following questions:

  • Where can you find the world’s tallest and steepest roller coasters?
  • Who is the highest-paid public employee in each state?
  • Where can you visit the world’s largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island?
  • Where can you find the world’s biggest geode?
  • Where can you find the world’s oldest, tallest, and largest trees?

and many, many more.

You can find out more about the book from The Experiment here.

And if you’d like to get your own copy, you can do so from the following stores:

200 Years Of Us Population Growth In 2 Minutes

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200 Years Of Us Population Growth In 2 Minutes

Map from VividMaps via Visual Capitalist

According to the 2020 US census there are 331.4 million people living in the United States.

The animated map above shows the growth of US population density from 1790-2010. In 1790, population density was just 4.5 people per sq. mile. But by 2010 it had grown to 87.4 people per sq. mile over a much larger area.

It should be noted that the map above has its shortcomings most notably the fact it doesn’t count Native Americans until they became full US citizens.

And there remains a huge variation in US population density. New Jersey is the densest state with 1,207 people per sq mile, while Alaska has only 1.28 or 1/1000th the population density. Washington DC is even denser at 11,685 people per sq. mile but is not yet a state.

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The Incredible Journey of An Arctic Fox Who Walked From Norway to Canada in 2018

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Large-scale movements of a young female Arctic fox from Svalbard tracked through Argos satellite telemetry from 1 March to 1 July 2018

Map created by Eva Fuglei & Arnaud Tarroux via Research Gate

The map above shows the incredible journey of one arctic fox in 2018. Over the course of just a few months she walked up to 155km per day all the way from Svalbard (a Norwegian archipelago) to Canada’s Ellesmere Island via Greenland.

You can read the full story here. And see a picture of the fox here.

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A World Map Centered on Argentina

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A World Map Cantered On Argentina

Map created by CDS_Virtual_Effects

Ever wondered, what would a world map look like if it were centered on Argentina? Well wonder no more. Just have a look at the map above. Of course everything else is incredibly distorted because of the Mercator projection used.

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Second Trump Impeachment Vote (2021): Who Voted For & Against

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Map created by reddit user Andrew Ellison

The map above shows which Congressional Districts of the 117th Congress voted for or against Donald Trump’s second impeachment by the House of Representatives on January 13, 2021.

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2020 US Presidential Election Map By County & Vote Share

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2020 US Presidential Election Map By County & Vote Share

Map created by Magog the Ogre via Wikimedia

The map above shows the county level and vote share results of the 2020 US Presidential Election. The darker the blue the more a county went for Joe Biden and the darker the red the more the county went for Donald Trump.

You can see how it compares to the 2016 map here.

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