Map created by Alexander-Michael HadjilyraThe map above shows the ethnic distribution Greeks and Turks in Cyprus in the 1960 census, the year it gained impendence from Britain.

In that year here’s how large each group was:

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This map is a detailed representation of the Mediterranean region, showcasing a large portion of Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and parts of the Middle East, but from a rather different perspective.

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Map created by Sansculotte via WikimediaThis map is a depiction of Europe’s major river basins and watersheds, with text labels in German.

Here’s a breakdown of what the map shows:

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Map created by reddit user desfirsitThis map provides a detailed visualization of the regional attachment of people in various European countries, based on data from the 2021 European Quality of Government Index. The map shows how closely individuals in different regions feel attached to their region, country, or Europe as a whole.

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Map crated by Philipp Gartner gartn001This map shows the distribution of football pitches (soccer fields) across Europe.

The red dots represent the locations of pitches, while the grey areas show where they are missing.

The data source is Open Street Map and the scale is mentioned as 1:12,000,000.

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Map found on reddit

The map above shows a rather suspiring geographic fact: None of The Countries That Bordered Poland In 1989 Exist Today.

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Map found on redditThis map illustrates the amount of sugar in 100 ml of Fanta Orange across different European countries. The map uses three color codes to indicate the sugar content:

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Map created by @mmjukicThe map above displays total population change from 1990 to 2022 across various European and Arab countries.

The colors represent different rates of population growth or decline, with green shades indicating growth and red shades indicating decline.

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Map created by MapMasterThis map depicts Italy and parts of the western Balkans (referred to as Illyria) around the year 1084 AD, during the High Middle Ages. Here is an overview of the different regions, states, and entities shown on the map:

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Map created by reddit user JoeFalchetto

The map above shows how much each European country was spending on it’s military (in Billions of USD) annually in 2021, the year before the outbreak of the Ukraine war.

The data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

To put those numbers in some perspective the US Department of Defense’s budget in that same year was $870 billion and has since risen to $880 billion in 2024.

Below I’ve looked at the numbers in constant 2022 USD$ (which is why they are slightly different to the map above) for 2021 and 2023 and compared how much they’ve changed. Unsparingly, Ukraine has seen the biggest increase of 800%+.

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