Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
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.
And here’s a classic version of the same map from 1899:
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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.
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%.
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.
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:
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:
Here’s a little more about each of them:
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:
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:
You can read a 40 page detailed description of the map here.
But if you don’t have time to read the whole thing here’s a brief summary: