Map created by StoneColdCrazzzyThe map above contrasts the growth of the Russian Empire between 1300 and 1914 with that of the United States from 1776 to 1914 using a similar colour scheme for each decade.

You can see each map in more detail below, followed by an explanation.

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Map created by @Globalstats11

The map above shows the wealthiest person on each continent, or at least those who disclose their wealth.

It’s a little crazy to me that the wealthiest person in Australia (population: 27 million; $1.88T GDP) is worth 3x more than the wealthiest person in Africa (1.5 billion; $2.82T GDP).

Here’s a list I compiled awhile ago of the top 200 billionaires in the world from the Forbes World Billionaires List for 2024. (note as share prices move so do net worth numbers, which is why they differ from the above)

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Map created by Maps.Interlude

The map above shows the number of Korean immigrants and/or people having Korean ancestry by country around the world.

Interestingly, there are more Koreans living in the United States than there are in either neighbouring China or Korea’s previous colonial ruler Japan.

As of 2023 there were an estimated 7,081,510 Koreans living abroad compared to 26.3 million living in North Korea and 51.4 million living in South Korea.

Here are the full stats by country (differs slight from the map above):

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Map created by Scott, Howard accessed from Cornell LibraryThe map above from 1940 shows the proposed Technate of America.

This was basically a plan to run all of North America and some of South American by scientists and engineers rather than partisan politicians and business people.

Interestingly Joshua N. Haldeman, Elon Musk’s maternal grandfather, was a supporter of the plan between 1936 to 1941.

Here’s summary of Technocracy movement itself.

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The map above looks at what is the most Uniquely Popular Word used on each country’s Wikipedia page. It comes from Crossword-Solver and a few countries actually have the same word.

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Map created by @geoglobal_The map above shows which countries mention the holocaust in their school textbooks. The map is based on data on The International status of education about the Holocaust: a global mapping of textbooks UNESCO report.

Here’s how they define the various categories:

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The 4 info maps below come from datainrace and show countries based on their 2024 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index scores.

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The map above shows which countries lost soldiers helping US forces during the Iraq War between 2003 and 2011.

It follows on from my previous map: Map Of Coalition Countries That Lost At Least 1 Solider Helping US Forces In Afghanistan Between 2001 & 2021.

Here are the totals for collation countries, followed by the much, much larger estimates for Iraqi deaths:

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The map above shows every single coalition country to lose a solider in Afghanistan helping the US fight its war on terror in the country between 2001 and 2021.

The US invoked NATO’s Article 5 for the first and only time in its history as direct result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.

Here are the total number of deaths per country, along with deaths relative to the country’s population:

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The map above shows the location of 10,000 Garmin inReach® SOS Incidents.

These are basically the places that people have run into trouble and had to ask for help.

Garmin inReach® has the ability to trigger an interactive SOS message to Garmin Response, the 24/7 staffed global emergency response coordination center.

More about what happened below:

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