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Population Growth In Western European Countries Between 1950 & 2020

Last Updated: June 18, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Population Growth In Western European Countries Between 1950 & 2020

Map created by reddit user Aggravating-Walk-309
This map illustrates the population growth in various Western European countries between 1950 and 2020.

The countries shown include the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Here’s what the numbers look like:

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Map of The Holy Roman Empire At Its Territorial Peak In The 12th Century

Last Updated: August 8, 2025 2 Comments

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Map of The Holy Roman Empire At Its Territorial Peak In The 12th Century

Map created by Wikimedia user Alphathon, click for larger version
The map above is written in German and shows the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of the Hohenstaufen Emperors, a period which spanned from the mid-12th century to the late 13th century.

Here are some key points about this era:

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A Map Of Every European City

Last Updated: August 7, 2024 Leave a Comment

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A Map Of Every European City

Original comic by Itchy Feet

This map is a humorous and satirical representation of “Every European City,” created by Malachi Ray Rempen from Itchy Feet comic series. (You can also see his Map of Every American city here)

It combines common stereotypes and tourist clichés into a single fictional city layout.

Here’s a detailed summary of the map’s components:

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How Europeans React When You Try To Speak Their Language

Last Updated: December 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

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How Europeans React When You Try To Speak Their Langauge

Map found on reddit
This map humorously depicts the reactions of different European nations when a foreigner attempts to speak their language.

Here is a summary of the depicted reactions:

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The Use of Special Latin Characters By European Country

Last Updated: June 3, 2024 4 Comments

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The Use of Special Latin Characters By European Country

Map created by reddit user naaaaaagz
The map titled “GUIDE: Special Latin Characters within Europe” provides a detailed visual representation of the geographical usage of various special Latin characters across Europe.

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What Hand Europeans Traditionally Wear Their Wedding Rings On

Last Updated: June 3, 2024 1 Comment

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What Hand Europeans Traditionally Wear Their Wedding Rings On

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The map above shows which hand Europeans traditionally wear their wedding ring on.

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Italian Satirical Map Of Europe In 1871

Last Updated: June 3, 2024 2 Comments

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Italian Satirical Map Of Europe In 1870

The Italian map titled “L’Europa Geografico-Politica Veduta a Volo d’Oca,” which translates to “The Geographical-Political Europe Seen from a Goose’s Flight,” is a satirical representation of Europe.

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It Takes Longer To Drive Across Texas Than It Does Driving From London To Milan

Last Updated: June 3, 2024 Leave a Comment

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It Takes Longer To Drive Across Texas Than It Does Driving From London To Milan

The map above shows how long it takes to drive from one end of Texas to the other (Sabal Palm Sanctuary to Buffalo Springs, Texas 79022, USA).

A distance of 917 miles (1,476 km) and which can easily take over 14 hours.

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Percentage (%) of Respondents Who Feel Their Country Takes In Too Many Migrants

Last Updated: May 20, 2024 2 Comments

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Percentage (%) of Respondents Who Feel Their Country Takes In Too Many Migrants

Map created by EL PAÍS with data from BVA Xsight
The map above shows the views of people in EU member states to migrants and was created by EL PAÍS.

Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to the European elections in June.

You can read the full study here.

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Estimated European Black Population By Country In 2020

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 9 Comments

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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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