All the maps on this page are the product of the wonderful GEO.Universe Instagram page, which you should totally follow.
Here are the 4 maps on their own:
The Wakhan Corridor
That small strip of land in north-eastern Afghanistan that separates Pakistan from Tajikistan is called the Wakhan Corridor.
More about it below:
North Korea vs South Korea GDP Per Capita In 1970 vs 2023
The map above shows one history’s forgotten economic geography facts. Today we tend to think of South Korea as a economic miracle and North Korea as an economic basket case.
However, from the division of the Korean peninsula in 1948 up until the early 1970s, the North was actually richer than the South in per capita terms.
The Metro Systems of East Asia With Logos
Map of Asia Made Up Of Its National Animals
The full list is below:
6 Different Regions of Asia Map
Rice Production in North & South Korea
The map above shows where and how much rice North Korea produces in each region. From 2019-2023 North Korea produced an average of 1,482,000 tons of rice per year.
Korea At Night: Why Capitalism Beats Communism Summed Up In One Image
The image above of the Korean peninsula was taken by NASA in 2016 and perfectly sums up why capitalism, for all it’s faults, is still a far, far better system than the communist alternative.
Capitalist South Korea takes up the bottom half of the peninsula, and you can clearly see all the bright lights of Seoul and other South Korean cities on the map.
Map Of The Competing Definitions Of The Boundary Between Europe & Asia
They are:
Bangladesh Has 32 Million More People Than Russia
The map above shows one of the world’s craziest population disparities. Bangladesh which is 148,460 km2 (57,320 sq miles), roughly the size of Illinois, has a population of 172 million now 176 million!
This is 28 million 32 million more people than Russia, by far the world’s largest country (17,098,246 km2; 6,601,670 sq miles), which only has 144 million.
To put this another way, Russia has 8 people per km2 (21 per sq mile) vs Bangladesh which has 1,165 per km2 (3,020 per sq mile).