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The Amur River: Dividing Deserted Russian Siberia From Populous Chinese Manchuria

May 29, 2015 5 Comments

Amur river

Google Map of the divide between Russia and China along the Amur river created by reddit user jagosinga

The Amur River (called the Heilong Jiang in Chinese) separates Russia’s Far East from Northeast China. And as the map shows, the contrast could not be much more striking.

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Filed Under: Border Tagged With: population

The World’s Population Could Comfortably Fit Within London’s M25

May 22, 2015 7 Comments

World population M25

Map and math by reddit user 1337spb

With newly released figures showing that net immigration to the UK increased to a near record 318,000 people last year, it may seem to some that the UK is overcrowded.

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: population

US States & Territories Resized By Population

May 16, 2015 3 Comments

US territories by size

Map created by Reddit user purplepinkwhiteblue

Using data from the US Census Bureau, the map above resizes each US state and territory based on population. If you don’t spend your time looking at population statistics there are likely a few surprises:

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: population

Flags Of The Most Popular Migrant Destination By Country

March 24, 2015 6 Comments

Flags of the most popular migrant destination country

Map by Devinn Jani found via reddit

The map above shows the flag of the country people who move abroad are most likely to move to. So for example, Australians are most likely to move to the United Kingdom (and vice versa), Canadians are most likely to move to the United States, Mainland Chinese to Hong Kong, etc.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: immigration, population

The World’s Population In 1900 Looked Very Different Than Today

March 16, 2015 17 Comments

World Population 1900

Map created by reddit user Teadranks

Reddit user Teadranks is back with another amazing cartogram, a type of distorted map around one variable, in this case world population in 1900. To see how much it’s changed you can jump to the 2015 cartogram post, or scroll below.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: population

Most Popular Migrant Destinations By Country

March 4, 2015 22 Comments

Most Popular Migrant Destinations By Country

Map by reddit user DMan9797, click for higher resolution

The UN estimates that there were 232 million people living outside their country of birth in 2013, roughly 3.2% of the world’s population. To put this in perspective, if migrants formed one country, it would be the world’s 5th most populous.

The map above uses the UN’s Trends in International migrant stock: By destination and origin report to look at the most popular destination for migrants FROM each country.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: immigration, population

The 4037 Cities In The World With Over 100,000 People

February 23, 2015 7 Comments

100,000 person cities

Map created by Fingolas, Interactive version

The map above shows the 4,037 cities in the world that have over 100,000 people living in them. It was created by reddit user Fingolas, who explains how the map was created:

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: cities, population

4 Maps That Put China’s & India’s Populations Into Perspective

January 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

China's population compared

Map comparing China’s population to other major countries by reddit user TeaDranks

TeaDranks, creator of the widely popular World Population Cartogram, is back again with 4 new population inspired maps.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: population

Awesome New Cartogram Shows World Population in 2015

January 19, 2015 15 Comments

2015 World Population Cartogram

Map by reddit user TeaDranks, 2nd edition

The cartogram above is an updated version of this one from 10 years ago. Since that time a few things have changed.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: population

California, Sweden and Madagascar Are Surprisingly Similar in Size

January 7, 2015 3 Comments

California vs Madagascar

California vs Madagascar, by Reddit user Mattho via mapfrappe.com

Did you know that California, Sweden and Madagascar are all quite similar in size? Don’t believe me? Well look at the map above comparing California and Madagascar or the one below comparing Sweden and Madagascar. Here are a few comparisons between the 3 based on data from Wikipedia:

In terms of total area:

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: area, comparison, population

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