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Who Drives on the Wrong Side of the Road? Left-vs-Right-Hand Traffic By Country

Last Updated: June 26, 2024 29 Comments

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Countries driving on the left or right

Map created by Benjamin D. Esham via Wikimedia
The map above shows which countries drive on the wrong side of the road. Those marked in red drive on the right and those in blue drive on the left.

Your opinion about which is the correct side to drive on, likely depends on where you live.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: cars

Europe According to the Vikings in 1000 AD

Last Updated: March 10, 2025 8 Comments

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Vikings via of Europe in 1000AD

Map created by Yanko Tsvetkov from Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons

The map above is a tongue-in-cheek look at how the Vikings may have viewed the rest of Europe in 1000 AD. It has everything from crazy relatives to the sea of the sweaty people.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: vikings

Incredibly Detailed Map Of The World’s Religions

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 67 Comments

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Incredibly Detailed Map Of The World's Religions

Map created by reddit user scolbert08

The incredibly detailed map of the world’s religions above, was created by reddit user scolbert08. To see the full resolution version just click on it.

It shows what the biggest religion is by census area in each country, along with its level of support. For example, in large parts of British Columbia the most common answer on the census is no religion, but the intensity of that feeling varies widely.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: religion

The Genetic Map Of Europe

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 248 Comments

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genetic map of Europe

Map created by eupedia.com

The map above, created by eupedia.com, shows the genetic makeup of European countries based on Haplogroups. These groups each share a common ancestor and can be one way of looking at the genetic makeup of a population.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: genetics

What If the Mongol Empire Reunited….?

Last Updated: May 12, 2025 11 Comments

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Mongol Empire Reunited

Map created by reddit user Trapper777_

The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land based empire in history. So what would a modern Mongol state look like today if it hadn’t disappeared?

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Filed Under: Fictional, History Tagged With: Mongol

Flags Of The Most Popular Migrant Destination By Country

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 8 Comments

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Flags of the most popular migrant destination country

Map by Devinn Jani found via reddit

The map above shows the flag of the country people who move abroad are most likely to move to. So for example, Australians are most likely to move to the United Kingdom (and vice versa), Canadians are most likely to move to the United States, Mainland Chinese to Hong Kong, etc.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: immigration, population

The 99 Countries Americans Can Visit Visa-Free (2015)

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 6 Comments

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Visa requirements for United States citizens

Map by Camoka4 via Wikimedia

The map above shows the 99 countries American passport holders can travel to visa-free. What this means in practice is that you don’t need prior permission to enter any of the countries listed. However, be aware that virtually all countries impose time limits on how long Americans can stay, generally anywhere between 14 and 90 days.

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Filed Under: United States, World Maps Tagged With: travel

Light Pollution Around The World

Last Updated: September 23, 2025 2 Comments

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World light pollution

Map created by David Lorenz, Light Pollution Atlas 2006
While the map above is now a few years out of date (data from 2006) it shows the amount of light pollution around the world. Not surprisingly, densely populated areas tend to have far more light pollution than sparsely populated ones.

Moreover, wealthy areas tend to have more than poorer ones, which can be clearly seen in some of the more detailed maps below.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: environment

The Map That Shows Why Microsoft Is Killing Off Internet Explorer (2015)

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 4 Comments

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Countries by most_used web browser in July_2014

Map by Gogensi via Wikimedia

News this week that Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand and one look at the map above will show you why.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: internet

The Largest Source Of Imports By Country

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 5 Comments

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The Largest Source Of Imports By Country

Map by reddit user Amiantedeluxe

Who imports the most from whom? The map above shows the flag of the country that is the largest source of imports for each other country. For example, the United States imports more good from China than any other.

China is also the biggest source of imports from countries as diverse as Russia, Australia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, Sudan and North & South Korea among others.

Amiantedeluxe used statistics from The Observatory of Economic Complexity, statistiques-mondiales.com and Wikipedia to make the map.

So what country does China import the most from?

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: trade

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