Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The video above and the maps below show the densest neighbourhood in each European country based on their population in 2018.
In this case neighbourhood is being defined as 1km x 1km square (1 KM2), with the number of people being shown.
The video and maps were created by Alasdair Rae and you can read the full explanation here.
The neighbourhoods ranges from a high of 52,767 people in Barcelona Spain to a low of 2,030 people in Schaan Liechtenstein.
Here they are in order:
However for some like Denmark at 55% it’s bit less obvious (Copenhagen is built on the islands of Zealand and Amager).
Here’s the list below by country with a little explanation for some countries:
Russia is an interesting case: “Beginning in 1996, Russia halted all executions, rendering the death penalty a dormant provision within the Russian Criminal Code.”
The 4 info maps below come from datainrace and show countries based on their 2024 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index scores.
The map above is a humorous look at how the ancient Chinese viewed the rest of the world.
Obviously, you first have the Chinese Emperor at the centre, with everything else radiating out from there.
But as the original map author states: “The line shown here is only about 72% of the US-Canada border, and is shorter than the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The other 28% in Alaska makes the US-Canada border the longest in the world.”
This video map above comes from an animated map created by NASA using FAA air traffic control data from September 11, 2001. (You can watch the original below)
The map above shows which countries lost soldiers helping US forces during the Iraq War between 2003 and 2011.
It follows on from my previous map: Map Of Coalition Countries That Lost At Least 1 Solider Helping US Forces In Afghanistan Between 2001 & 2021.
Here are the totals for collation countries, followed by the much, much larger estimates for Iraqi deaths:
The map above shows every single coalition country to lose a solider in Afghanistan helping the US fight its war on terror in the country between 2001 and 2021.
The US invoked NATO’s Article 5 for the first and only time in its history as direct result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.
Here are the total number of deaths per country, along with deaths relative to the country’s population: