Moreover, wealthy areas tend to have more than poorer ones, which can be clearly seen in some of the more detailed maps below.
The Map That Shows Why Microsoft Is Killing Off Internet Explorer (2015)
News this week that Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand and one look at the map above will show you why.
The Largest Source Of Imports By Country
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?
Who Are The World’s Speed Demons? The Highest Speed Limits Around The World
The World’s Population In 1900 Looked Very Different Than Today
Reddit user Teadranks is back with another amazing cartogram, a type of distorted map around one variable, in this case world population in 1900. To see how much it’s changed you can jump to the 2015 cartogram post, or scroll below.
Which City Has The World’s Worst Air Pollution? Hint, It’s In China
As the map above shows, China is home to many of the world’s most polluted cities. The map was created by AQICN, a Chinese website that tracks global air pollution stats.
Ulf Troeng, who told me about the map, clarifies that:
2nd Largest Nationality Living In Each European Country (2015)
Game of Thrones’ Westeros Is Really Just Britain & An Inverted Ireland
The map above clearly shows that Westeros, from the Game of Thrones TV series and the Song of Ice and Fire book series, is nothing more than Britain placed on top of an inverted Ireland.
However, looks can be deceiving since there are some pretty key differences between Westeros and the British Isles. Here are just a few:
Mesmerizing Map Of Global Aerosol Pollution
The video above comes from NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office and shows global aerosol pollution and other particles. And just to be clear, this is aerosol in the scientific sense:
Most Popular Migrant Destinations By Country
The UN estimates that there were 232 million people living outside their country of birth in 2013, roughly 3.2% of the world’s population. To put this in perspective, if migrants formed one country, it would be the world’s 5th most populous.
The map above uses the UN’s Trends in International migrant stock: By destination and origin report to look at the most popular destination for migrants FROM each country.
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