Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows the largest supermarket chains from each European country. It should be noted that this does not mean that these are the only chains operating within the country or even the biggest within the country.
For example, Aldi is the 5th largest supermarket chain in the UK, but because it originates in Germany it’s shown in Germany.
Here are the top 20 chains across all of Europe from Gourmet Pro.
In total there have been 266 267 official popes (and 29 antipopes) since 30 AD.
Below we have a list of where they were born but it varies slightly from the list above.
The map above shows how much GDP is created by every hour worked in a country measured in constant 2021 International $ at PPP.
Basically, this means it shows how much economic output a typical worker is producing in economy relative to the cost of living in that country. Or to put another way how productive an economy is.
The map above looks at India’s first bullet speed line, the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor compared to the UK’s second high-speed line very aptly named High Speed 2 (or HS2 for short).
Here’s how they stack up:
The map above shows how Nova Scotia aka New Scotland compares to old Scotland.
Here’s how they stack up:
The map above shows all the cities and towns in the world named after London.
And although I’ve attempted to be very through, I’m sure I’ve missed a few (let me know in the comments section below)
But to start here’s the list:
The map above and the data below come from Vivint Source, which home security systems.
It shows where in the US homeowners always lock their doors when they go out and where they don’t.
The map above shows which US states have a state capital named after the found of a German Reich.
The answer of course is Bismarck, North Dakota named after Otto von Bismarck the architect of German Unification in 1871 and the founding of the German Empire.
This became known as the 2nd Reich (the first being the Holy Roman Empire and the 3rd one that didn’t end too well).
The following list of 11 airlines by the number of annual passengers comes from the 2024 Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.
Note the data below is for individual airline brands and not airline groups as a whole.
Click on each map to find out more about where the airline flies.