The map meme above is poking a bit of fun at the enduring popularity of the Mercator projection, even though it has many issues.
These posts explain a few of them:
Countries Mentioned in Canada’s National Anthem
The map above shows which countries are mentioned in Canada’s national anthem, O Canada.
Unlike Hungary or Poland, Canada’s national anthem just focuses on Canada.
Although interestingly, it’s one of the few national anthems in two different languages, English and French that is not a direct translation of one another.
There is also a bilingual version.
The lyrics are below if you’re interested:
European Countries Smaller Than The Land Used For Roads & Parking In The US
The map above shows European countries with a smaller land area than that used for all roads and parking in the United States.
According to to Per Mile the US has an estimated 800 million parking spaces (for a total population of 335 million), or over 500 million parking space than registered vehicles.
Map Of Almost Every Parking Ticket Issued In Toronto 2011-2020
In total, 22.8 million parking tickets (7.6x the population of the City proper) were issued for a total of over $1 billion CAD dollars in fines.
The Metro Systems of East Asia With Logos
Only 3 Countries Have Economies Bigger Than California’s In 2024
The map above shows a very suprising fact, only 3 countries in the world (besides the United States) have economies that are larger than California’s when measured in nominal (exchange rate) Us Dollars (USD).
Here is a full list:
Countries Mentioned or Alluded To In The Hungarian National Anthem
Here’s a summary of the countries mentioned:
All The Countries Mentioned In The Polish National Anthem
And here’s the explanation for the map author:
Places Named Santa Cruz / Sainte Croix / Santa Croce
It’s interesting to see how much more successful the Spanish were at putting their names on things compared to the French who were in turn much more successful than the Italians.
Just 5 Countries Make Up Half of Africa’s GDP
The map above shows that just 5 countries in Africa make up half the continents GDP.
They are 4 biggest economies in Africa: South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria plus the 6th biggest Ethiopia. For a combined $1.4 Trillion of GDP vs the remaining 48 countries splitting the other $1.4 Trillion.
And in total these 5 countries represent around 38% of Africa’s population.
Here are the full breakdown:
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