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The Yellow Counties Have More People Than All The Counties In Blue Combined

Last Updated: October 3, 2024 Leave a Comment

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The Counties In Yellow Have More People Than All The Counties In Blue

Map created by beansouphighlights
The map of the United States above shows a rather underappreciated fact of America’s human geography. Just 4.5% of U.S. counties contain 50% of the population.

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Land vs Water Hemispheres of The Earth

Last Updated: October 3, 2024 1 Comment

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Land vs Water Hemispheres of The Earth

Map created by Perrin Remonté

The map above shows the largest possible land and water hemispheres of the earth.

The Land hemisphere is still 53% Water and 47% land, but contains 93% of the world’s population.

The Water hemisphere on the other hand is 89% Water and only 11% land with only 7% of the world’s population.

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Filed Under: World Maps

Map of Cycle Paths in Europe

Last Updated: October 3, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Map of Cycle Paths in Europe

Map found on reddit

Most of the time stereotypes are inaccurate, but every once in awhile their not. And the map above is the perfect illustration of this. It shows the number of cycle paths across Europe.

One very clear thing emerges, true to the stereotype the Dutch have a lot of cycle paths.

In fact according to Statista:

As of 2022, it was estimated that there were approximately 23.9 million bicycles in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of the country totaled 17.6 million, meaning there were an average of 1.4 bikes per person in the country. The number of bicycles in the country has been on an upward trend for the past years.

I love when maps like this are clearly not population density maps and can tell us something interesting about cultural differences in Eruope.

Filed Under: Europe

Percent Of People Who Live In The Capital City In Europe

Last Updated: October 3, 2024 3 Comments

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Percent Of People Who Live In The Capital City In Europe

Map created by Nerdy.Maps
The map above shows the percentage of people who live in the wider metro area and/or agglomeration of the country’s capital city.

Unsurprisingly, the numbers are highest in many of Europe’s smallest countries such as Malta (82%) and Luxembourg (82%) and exclude micro-states like the Vatican or San Marino where it would be 100%.

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Filed Under: Europe

Do One of The 5 Big Cats Live In Your Country?

Last Updated: December 8, 2025 1 Comment

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Do One of The 5 Big Cats Live In Your Country?

Map created by Lil_Moose_Man

The map above looks at which of the world’s 5 big cats can be found in which countries. Here are the 5 big cats and where they can be found.

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Population of London Compared To Big US Cities

Last Updated: October 3, 2024 4 Comments

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Population of London Compared To US Cities

Map created by Mildly-Displeased

The map above shows just how big London’s population is compared to several large US cities. But it should be noted that the numbers for all cities (including London) are for the city proper, rather than the larger urban or metropolitan area.

Here are the cities by the numbers:

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Map of Europe: What if all the glaciers melted?

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Map of Europe: What if all the glaciers melted?

The map above is another fantastic map from Perrin Remonté. It shows what Europe might look like if all the glaciers (by which he means Ice) on Earth melted.

Here’s what he says about the map:

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Map of New-Netherland & New-Sweden Around 1650

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Map of New-Netherland & New-Sweden Around 1650

Map found on Wikimedia
The map above shows the relative positions and sizes of two of the American colonial eras forgotten powers, New Netherland and New Sweden in around the year 1650.

Here’s a little more about each of them:

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Filed Under: History

Mom Can We Go On An American Road Trip?

Last Updated: October 2, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Mom Can We Go On An American Road Trip?

Base Map Made By ExcitingTart6

The map above shows a potential American Road trip you can do without ever having to leave the UK. Here are the size comparisons between the various stops:

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

Map Of The Preferred Alcoholic Beverage In Europe: 1990 vs 2015

Last Updated: October 1, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Map Of The Preferred Alcoholic Beverage In Europe: 1990 vs 2015

Map created by Näytä Data
The map above shows how alcoholic drink preferences in Europe are not static. Between 1990 and 2015 several countries switched their preferred alcoholic beverage, most notably Russia and Eastern Europe moving from spirits to beer.

Although they were not alone Spain went from wine to beer and Sweden did the reverse going from beer to wine.

Here’s a bit more on the map:

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Filed Under: Europe

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