Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
And here’s the updated version for 2026:
However, it should be noted that while many countries have alternative calendar and dating systems, almost everyone also uses the Gregorian Calendar in day to day life alongside them.
Here’s a little bit more about them:
The color coding represents these perceptions:
They are:
The small purple dot on the map above shows Singapore which a population 6.04 million living in just 735.6 km2 (284.0 sq mi).
With a population density of 7,804/km2 (20,212.3/sq mi) it the densest country in the world with a population above 1 million people.
On the map above the tiny blue dot is Monaco which is a tiny 2.08 km2 (0.80 sq mi) but has a population of 38,367 and a total nominal GDP of $8.784 billion USD.
And the big red area is Greenland, which is a much larger 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) with 56,583 people but a nominal GDP of just $3.08 billion USD.
So in summary, Greenland is 1,041,387.5x the size of Monaco, has 47% more people, yet has a total GDP that’s just 35% the size.
The map was made using https://www.thetruesize.com/
I think this makes it the most extreme size imbalance between GDPs in the world unless you can think of any other ones.
In 1866 the “city” was just 5,000 to 6,000 people compared to London which had around 3 million people at that time.
Today Riyadh officially has 7 million residents compared to London’s 8.9 million.
A very short history of the city:
This the second version of the map. The first version:
Here’s the breakdown of the “most ashamed of” cities by country in Europe according to the image, along with general reasons why they might carry a negative reputation:
The 20 maps here are work of reddit user PepperBlues show the various similarities and differences between the countries of the former Yugoslavia in 2023, 32 years after the country began to breakup.
And in case you’re too familiar with your Balkan geography these maps should help:
The drunkest is Gallatin, MT where 26.8% of people are excessive drinkers.
And the driest is Utah, UT where only 9.04% of people are excessive drinkers.
From the website:
This website provides an interactive map of excessive drinking by county, based on CDC definitions.
The map leverages data from the latest annual datasets of the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) program.
Here are the full listing by state and county: