Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above looks at the change in demographics on the island of Ireland in 1841 (just before the Great potatoes famine) and 2021/22 the date of the last censuses for the two parts of the island today.
In 1841 the island was firmly part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Today the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom).
More about the comparison below:
More about the situation below:
However, some of the dates chosen are interesting.
The video above from mapsinanutshell, shows The Battle of Tours (also known as The Battle of Poitiers) in 732, which helped save Europe.
More about it below:
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 which European countries have some mountains and which has no mountains.
Mountains here is being defined as: “usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 600 metres (2,000 ft) above the surrounding land.”
Here’s the list:
More about Neo-Tokyo:
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:
On the map it goes from a low of 45% in Switzerland to a high of 99.38% in Romania. (Luxembourg is actually the lowest at just 21%)
But there a few caveats to consider: