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Global Cancer Rates In People Under 50

Last Updated: August 22, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Global Cancer Rates In People Under 50

Map created Map: Alexa Lardieri Source: WHO
The map above shows the number of age standardized rates of all types of cancer per 100,000 people under 50 by country. The Data comes from the World Health Organization (WHO) and can be seen below:

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Filed Under: World Maps

The Perfect Map of Chile

Last Updated: August 22, 2024 Leave a Comment

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The Perfect Map of Chile

Map created by nolo_sanchesky
The map above is the perfect map of Chile. For non-English speakers Chile is shown as a Chili which are both pronounced the same way.

Why is Chile called Chile?

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Dymaxion Map Of The World With The 30 Largest Countries By Area

Last Updated: June 11, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Dymaxion Map Of The World With The 30 Largest Countries By Area

Map created by cmglee, Philippe Rivière
The Dymaxion (aka Fuller) map above shows a map of the world with the 30 largest countries by area highlighted and ranked.

Now as to why China and the US are each ranked as 3/4:

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Filed Under: World Maps

The USSR Controlled More Of Europe Than Every Other European Country Put Together

Last Updated: January 23, 2026 Leave a Comment

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The USSR Controlled More Of Europe Than 50% of Europe

Map created by denn23rus
The map above shows just how big the USSR was back when it existed.

Just the European part of it was larger geographically than every other European country put together.

If you include the Warsaw Pact countries, it controlled 61%! of the European landmass.

And, what’s even more suprising is that the European part of the Soviet Union was only a quarter of the it’s total land area (although did have around 75% of the population).

In terms of numbers, the European part of the USSR was around 5.2 million km2 (2.0 million sq miles), around 1.5 Indias in size.

Western vs Eastern Europe

Western vs Eastern Europe

Map Created By Geo Universe
By the numbers:

  • 415 million vs 413.73 million people
  • $21 Trillion vs $6.5 Trillion GDP
  • $50,600 vs $15,700 GDP per capita.

What do you think?

Filed Under: History

Size Of The Roman Empire At Its Height Vs The United States

Last Updated: December 8, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The Size Of The Roman Empire At Its Height Vs The United States

Map found on reddit
The map above shows the size of the Roman Empire compared to the modern United States (with a bit of Canada and Mexico thrown in). In terms of numbers here’s how they look:

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Filed Under: History

Map Of The Neum Strip Which Splits Croatia In Two

Last Updated: December 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Map Of The Neum Strip Which Splits Croatia In Two

Map created by Tomobe03
The map above shows the Neum Strip, a narrow 20-kilometer (12-mile) corridor of land that belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina and gives it access to the Adriatic Sea.

But it splits the Republic of Croatia into two parts, mainly the area around the city of Dubrovnik in the south from the rest of Croatia proper in the north.

Neum itself has a tiny population of just under 5,000 people, 97.64% of whom are Croats.

So why does it exist?

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1587 Flat Earth Map of the World By Urbano Monte

Last Updated: August 21, 2024 5 Comments

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1587 Flat Earth Map of the World By Urbano Monte

The 1587 Flat Earth Map of the World by Urbano Monte is a fascinating historical document that reflects the geographical knowledge and worldview of its time. And you can even buy a copy here on Amazon.

Although not explicitly a “flat earth map” in the sense of modern flat-earth theories, it is an early and ambitious attempt to create a comprehensive world map using an azimuthal equidistant projection.

Key Points About Urbano Monte’s Map:

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Flat Earth Map: Gleason’s New Standard Map Of The World & Square and Stationary Earth

Last Updated: June 19, 2025 3 Comments

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Flat Earth Map

The map above is titled: Gleason’s New Standard Map Of The World and is a silly, but great example of a flat earth map. You can even buy a copy on Amazon here.

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Bangladesh Has 32 Million More People Than Russia

Last Updated: October 14, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Bangladesh Has 28 Million More People Than Russia

The map above shows one of the world’s craziest population disparities. Bangladesh which is 148,460 km2 (57,320 sq miles), roughly the size of Illinois, has a population of 172 million now 176 million!

This is 28 million 32 million more people than Russia, by far the world’s largest country (17,098,246 km2; 6,601,670 sq miles), which only has 144 million.

To put this another way, Russia has 8 people per km2 (21 per sq mile) vs Bangladesh which has 1,165 per km2 (3,020 per sq mile).

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Filed Under: Asia

Map of Every North American NHL Player’s Birth City

Last Updated: August 21, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Map of Every North American NHL Player's Birth City

Map created by ChangsManagement
The map above shows where every North American NHL player was born. As ChangsManagement explains:

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Filed Under: Canada, United States

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