Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows the number of births per year in Nigeria vs Europe in 2023 according to Our World In Data.
In that year Europe (including all of Russia) recorded 6.3 million births vs Nigeria with 7.5 million.
Below we look at births and overall population trends from 1900 to 2100. (Note data up to 2023 is historically accurate, while that from 2024 to 2100 is the UN’s medium population estimate).
However, some of the dates chosen are interesting.
The map above shows which countries the US has lost wars or other military conflicts to. However, defining what is a loss is very tricky.
The map above shows the 57 countries Bhutan has formal diplomatic relations with. Most notable is the absence of the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, Russia, China, UK & France).
Here’s the full list:
The map above shows the estimated share of all marriages in each country that are consanguineous, which usually means between first and second cousins.
The data used comes from World Population Review:
The map above shows if women or men spend more years in school by country.
There are 68 countries in pink where women spend more time in school than men including the US, Canada, UK and Australia but also some surprises like Oman, Iran and Egypt.
In 124 countries in blue where men still go to school for longer than women.
Below is the full list:
When you think of the world’s biggest companies you probably think of names like Apple (founded in California), Microsoft (founded in New Mexico), Amazon (founded in Washington), Google (founded in California) or Meta (founded in Massachusetts).
It was created for the following Map Men Video:
