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:
Cousin (Consanguineous) Marriage % By Country
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:
Who Is More Educated? Men vs Women
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:
Countries Whose Biggest Company Was Founded in California
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).
A Map of All 1,600 Twin Towns & Sister Cities of The UK
It was created for the following Map Men Video:
United Nations Geoscheme Explained
What Is the UN Geoscheme?
Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479): The World’s First Colonial Partition Treaty
From the author:
10 Countries Where Apostasy (The Act Of Leaving A Religion) Is Theoretically Punishable By Death
More about why below:
Population of Nunavut Vs World
Canada’s territory of Nunavut is both Canada’s largest and least populated province or territory.
It covers and area of 1,877,778 km2 or nearly 8x the size of the UK or 2.5x the size of Texas.
It’s so big that makes up about one-fifth of Canada’s total land area.
But it has a population of just 36,858 people.
This is so few people that only 5 countries in the world have fewer people:
7 Mercator Mistakes That Fool Your Brain
Anyone with a passing interest in geography is probably aware that the Mercator Map projection grossly distorts the size of some countries.
You can see by just how much on the following article: Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country.
Alternatives do exist, which you can learn more about here: Map Projections & What They Say About You.
However, even I didn’t fully realise how distorted my view of the world was until I started playing around with Free Map Tools’ Measure a Distance tool.
Below are 7 maps showing just how much bigger and smaller some parts of the world are compared to what you probably think they are.
Length of Africa vs Russia East to West
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