
The colors represent different rates of population growth or decline, with green shades indicating growth and red shades indicating decline.
Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
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The colors represent different rates of population growth or decline, with green shades indicating growth and red shades indicating decline.
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Here are a few key regions and states featured in the map:
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The map above shows how much each European country was spending on it’s military (in Billions of USD) annually in 2021, the year before the outbreak of the Ukraine war.
The data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
To put those numbers in some perspective the US Department of Defense’s budget in that same year was $870 billion and has since risen to $880 billion in 2024.
Below I’ve looked at the numbers in constant 2022 USD$ (which is why they are slightly different to the map above) for 2021 and 2023 and compared how much they’ve changed. Unsparingly, Ukraine has seen the biggest increase of 800%+.
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Here’s a breakdown of what each map shows:
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The map above shows where people think Northern California begins based off where they live, either Redding, Red Bluff or Merced. As you move further south more of the state seems north to you.
What do you think?
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The map above shows the contributors and beneficiaries of the European Union (EU) budget. It categorizes EU member states into two groups: those that contribute more to the EU budget than they receive (net contributors) and those that receive more from the EU budget than they contribute (net beneficiaries).
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The reasons why certain teams are hated vary, often due to intense rivalries, frequent success (leading to jealousy or frustration from other fan bases), or specific incidents that have fostered animosity.
Below is a breakdown of some notable teams and the reasons they might be hated in particular regions:
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Here’s a breakdown of the key elements: