Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows the largest Hispanic/Latino ancestry by US county based on data from the US Census.
Given its size and geographic proximity to the US, it should be no surprise that Mexicans make up by far the largest group (over 60% of Hispanic / Latinos).
However, what may be surprising is that just 29% of people with Mexican ancestry were born abroad, the vast majority were actually born in the United States.
Here are the native/foreign born split of other groups:
Here are the numbers by state (based on 2018 population):
The map above shows the odds of a random baby being born on each continent in 2026. The data comes from Our World In Data, and is actually based on the share of birth in 2023.
Here are the total number of births and share by continent:
The maps shown here all show the biggest and/or most popular brands from countries around the world based either on where they are founded or headquartered today.
The map shows the result of the UN’s November 20th, 2025 vote on “the tri-annual resolution on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment was adopted by a vote of 169 votes in favour, 3 against (Argentina, Israel, the United States) and 4 abstentions (Burundi, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, and Russia).”
Here’s an Explanation of The United States Vote on UNGA80 Third Committee Resolution: “Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”
The two maps here both come from @Mapstream and show Pumpkin Pie’s attempt to take over the United States.
However, I think the data for some countries is rather suspect.
There is no way that 49% of people in France speak Arabic, or that 23% of people in the UK speak French (at least beyond ordering a pain au chocolat).
Similarly for Ireland, far more people know how to speak a few words in Irish than they do French. And if we’re going by native speakers then Polish has far more speakers than French.
That said many other countries do seem right.
Anyway here’s the data as reported:
The United States has been the world’s largest economy for well over a century.
However, if you go all the way back to 1820, the US economy was only ranked as the 8th largest in the world.
Using the Maddison Project Database for 1820 and the IMF data for 2025, we look at the size of the US economy relative to the other 7 economies which were larger in 1820 and what happened over the course of 200 years.
