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Top 11 Airports In The World By The Number of Flights Per Day With Route Maps

Last Updated: April 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The list below shows the airports with the most flights per day. However, more flights does not automatically man more passengers.

The data comes from FlightsFrom.com.

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Top 11 Airports In The World By The Number of Airlines With Route Maps

Last Updated: April 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The list below shows the airports that have the greatest number of different airlines serving them.

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Number of Monorail Systems By Country

Last Updated: April 15, 2025 3 Comments

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Number of Monorail Systems By Country

The map above shows the number of monorail systems each country has, this includes not only for public transit but also in places like airports and amusement parks.

Below you can find a complete list of systems.

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The World According To Apple Look Around (aka Apple Maps Street View)

Last Updated: April 14, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The World According To Apple Look Around (aka Apple Maps Street View)

Map created from lookmap.eu.pythonanywhere.com

The map above shows Apple’s Look Around coverage (aka Apple Maps Street View) as of April 2025.

One thing that I immediately find odd is the lack of coverage in the United States (where the iPhone remains the top selling smartphone) compared to Europe, where Android phones are often much more common.

The other is the relative lack of converge compared to Google’s Street view (see map below):

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Shopping Mall Style Map Of The World

Last Updated: December 22, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Shopping Mall Style Map Of The World

Map created by reddit user fergomar
The map above is an example of a Topological world map (not to be confused with topographical).

However, what it really reminds me of is a shopping mall map, including all the island countries as those small kiosks you find selling sun glasses and iPhone cases.

More about the map itself below:

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How Many Cities Over 1 Million People Does Each Country Have?

Last Updated: April 9, 2025 Leave a Comment

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How Many Cities Over 1 Million People Does Each Country Have?

Map created by reddit user Joergen-the-second

The map above shows how many cities above a million people each country has. Is suspect it comes from this list on Wikipedia, but is now slightly out of date.

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China GDP Per Capita By Decade From 1950 To 2020

Last Updated: April 2, 2025 1 Comment

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Countries that have been richer or poorer than China since 1950

The map above shows which countries remain richer per person than China in 2020 and which China has overtaken since 1950.

In 1950, China’s GDP per capita in inflation adjusted terms was just $799 per person, making it the 20th lowest in the world.

By 2020 this had risen to $17,226 per person, which still only places it 67th in the world. Here’s how that change looked like over 70 years:

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The World Only Showing Countries Based On Share of Immigrants

Last Updated: March 27, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The maps below build up the world based on the share of the population who are immigrants.

Countries Where 100% Of The Population Are Immigrants

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Does Your Country Have More Immigrants Or Emigrants?

Last Updated: November 23, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Does Your Country Have More Immigrants Or Emigrants?

The map above shows whether your country has more immigrants (people born abroad who live there now) or emigrants (people born in the country but now living in another one).

The data is for 2024 and comes from the United Nations International Migrant Stock report.

On the surface the map is what you’d expect, North America, Australia, Western Europe and the Gulf States have more immigrants than emigrants.

However, there some surprising things.

For example, North Korea has more immigrants than emigrants, while the much richer South Korea is the opposite. Although it should be noted that the South Korea’s absolute numbers of each are much larger than the North.

Also, Portugal is the lone exception in Western Europe to have more emigrants than immigrants.

Some more findings and full data below:

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Wild West vs Wild East: American vs Russian Expansion 1300 to 1914

Last Updated: March 21, 2025 2 Comments

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Wild West vs Wild East: US American vs Russian Expansion 1300 to 1914

Map created by StoneColdCrazzzy
The 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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