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The map above shows what the Mediterranean Sea might have looked like 6 million years ago. The creator of the map explains that:

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Map created by Landgeist

The map above shows which European countries consume the most wine per capita and which consume the least.

No surprise France is number 1 with 54 litres of wine per person per year, followed by Portugal (50L) and somewhat surprisingly Slovenia (44L).

At the other extreme you have Turkey (1L), Ukraine (3L) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4L) consuming the least.

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Map created Visual Capitalist

The map above shows just how big the German Economy is relative to it’s neighbours. The red and yellow regions above each have 2024 GDP of roughly $4.6 Trillion USD (according to the IMF).

However, the region in yellow has around 157 million people compared to Germany’s 84.6 million.

Here’s a breakdown by country:

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Map created by Philipp Koch

The map above looks at the estimated GDP per capita of various European Regions in 1750, just as the industrial revolution was starting.

On a per capita basis, Northern Italy, The Dutch coast, Southern England and central Spain were among the richest areas.

Now, any estimate of historic GDP involves some guestimating (see: Roman Empire GDP) so here’s how they arrived at this data.

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Map created by Landgeist

The map above shows the percentage of people 16+ in most European countries that have read at least one book in the last 12 months. Switzerland, Luxembourg and Denmark are at the top of the pack whereas Romania, Türkiye and Cyprus are at the bottom.

The data comes from Eurostat. And here’s how it breaks down by gender in each country:

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Map created by Maps.Interlude

The map shows what percentage of each Europeans country’s population can speak 3 or more languages. Unsurprisingly, Luxembourg, Finlamd, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland are in the top 5.

Also, not surprising to see the UK so low, although I am surprised it’s higher than France and on par with Spain.

The map above used 2019, data, but I’ve been able to find 2022 Eurostat data below:

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Map created by reddit user VhermithraxThe map above is a broad attempt to classify Europe’s main cultural and economic regions. Unlike other maps, it also highlights both national borders and cultural proximities.

It’s based on the German Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (German: Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN)) definition of various regions.

They are:

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The map above shows the number of antisemitic incidents recorded in each European country per million inhabitants (of all religions) in 2023.

Austria is the big outlier at 128.9 per million people, whereas Spain is at the other extreme with “only” 2.1 per million.

The data comes from the Tel Aviv University Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2023.

It notes that:

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Map created by reddit user HelpfulYoghurtThe map looks at how genetically similar various other European countries and regions are to Czechia (Czech Republic) based on Y-DNA. As with most of these maps the further you move from the country, the fewer similarities you get.

That said there are few odd standouts like the south of Spain being more similar than you’d expect and Finland being way less similar given geographic distance.

Y-DNA (Y-chromosome DNA) refers to the DNA located on the Y chromosome, which is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other being the X chromosome).

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Map found on Maps ETCThe map above titled “Europe As It Should” was an attempt by American educator Louis Paul Bénézet to resolve what should be done with Europe after WW1.

It was an attempt to group people based om ethnic and/or linguistic criteria.

Map description:

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