The map above shows you can quite easily split the world into 50% of GDP and 50% of population without

any overlapping countries. Here’s a full list of countries from each group:

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On January 14, 2026, the U.S. State Department, under President Donald Trump’s administration, announced it would indefinitely suspend processing of immigrant visas (permanent/residency visas) for citizens of 75 countries, effective January 21, 2026.

The map above shows which countries are affected. The Full list:

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The map above shows how many countries there are in each continent. The numbers may be slightly controversial due to the fact some countries span multiple continents (e.g. Russia, Tukrey, Egypt, France, etc.)

Here is the list used for the map:

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Map found on redditThe map above shows the first 10 countries to send one of its citizens into space. In total, 9 came from communist countries allied to the Soviet Union and so were all cosmonauts plus the United States with the lone astronaut.

More about them:

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The map above shows the share of world GDP for each continent in the world based on nominal exchange rates.

In total, World GDP was $117.165 Trillion $ USD. (Or $208 Trillion in PPP)

Below you can see data in PPP $ and maps and data based on UN Subregions.

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The map above shows the top 10 oil producing countries in 1939. Three big things stand out to me:

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Map created by reddit user Known_Bobcat_1522The map compares support for remaining a Monarchy (red) with becoming a Republic (blue) across the Commonwealth Realms where King Charles is the Head of State based on latest polling.

Support for remaining a Monarchy was strongest in:

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Map created by reddit user Loud_Health_8288

The map above shows the most streamed English speaking artists in each country where Spotify publishes data in 2025. And fun fact 3 of the 7 are from my home province of Ontario!

Also for the UK, no British artists made the top 10, all were either Canadian or American.

Here is the most popular song based on YouTube views for each artist:

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The map above shows the odds of a random baby being born on each continent in 2026. The data comes from Our World In Data, and is actually based on the share of birth in 2023.

Here are the total number of births and share by continent:

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The maps shown here all show the biggest and/or most popular brands from countries around the world based either on where they are founded or headquartered today.

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