Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
It is based claim of historian Stuart Laycock from his book All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To, who states that: “Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, we’ve invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171.”
This means that only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain, which Statista lists as:
And surprisingly the US actually has a higher total number of Jews than Israel does (although much smaller share of the population).
From the map author:
The map above shows which countries have population where are least 90% of the population can speak English as either a first language or as an additional language.
The big caveat is that it’s based on self-reported levels of English ability so is likely not 100% accurate. For example I find it difficult to believe that a greater share of people in Sudan can speak English than in Canada.
Here’s what it says:
The Upside Down Globe above, known as The World Turned Upside Down, can be found on the London School of Economics and Political Science’s main campus just north of Aldwych in London.
The map above shows how big the biggest stadium is by capacity by country. Below we look at some of the stats around these stadiums.
Here’s more on their methodology:
It’s based on data collected by tech site Comparitech.
Here were their criteria
There are 9 zones which cover:
