35 Of The Most Unusual Maps That May Alter Your Worldview, Giving You A New Perspective On Our Everyday World
Maps truly enable us to understand and navigate the ever-evolving complexity of our societies.
Maps can do more than show where things are, they can also change how we see the world. This collection pulls together unusual, surprising, and sometimes oddly specific maps that turn everyday geography into something a lot more interesting.
The lineup comes from Mapographics, a community that shares data-driven visuals about everything from sleep and migration to religion, food, and energy. Some maps are lighthearted, others are a little unsettling, but all of them offer a fresh way to look at familiar places and global trends.
Scroll through and see which ones shift your perspective the most.
1. Percentage Of iPhone Users In Europe
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if**kinglovemaps3. This Map Shows The Share Of Food Imports Per Country Affected By Export Restrictions Elsewhere (In Percent Of Calories)
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4. What Sound Do Frogs Make In Your Language?
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5. What Percentage Of Europeans Actively Avoid The News?
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6. How Much GDP Output Does One Hour Of Work Produce On Average?
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7. Expressing Laughter Around The World: This Is How To Laugh Online In 26 Languages
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8. How Much Sleep Are People In Asia Getting?
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9. This Map Shows The Top Restaurants In 2022, According To The William Reed Business Media Annual List
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10. Where Do Europeans Migrate To And How Many Of Them Live Abroad?
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11. This Map Shows The Bases In Europe Where U.S.-Owned B61 Nuclear Gravity Bombs Are Stored
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12. Where Are The Most Popular Countries For People To Move To?
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13. How Much Sleep Are People In Europe Getting?
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14. Ice Cream Consumption In The EU
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This is the same kind of jaw-dropping lesson you get from the 100 historical moments that prove the past was anything but boring.
15. Heatwaves And Fires Scorch Europe, Africa, And Asia In Summer 2022
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16. This Map Shows The European Countries With The Fastest Download Speeds In 2022
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17. This Map Shows U.S. States By Reaction To Roe V. Wade Being Overturned By The U.S. Supreme Court (As Of June 28, 2022)
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18. Pigs Per Km² In Europe
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19. How Many Years Do People In Asia Spend On Average In The Education System?
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20. This Map Shows Gun Deaths In Europe In 2019
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21. This Map Displays The Grading Of Countries In Africa According To The World Hunger Index 2021
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22. This Map Shows The Member States That Paid Their Contributions To The United Nations' Regular Budget For 2022
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23. What Percentage Of People In Asia Experience Anger On An Average Day?
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24. What Percentage Of Europeans Trust The News?
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25. This Map Shows The Annual Kilograms Of Municipal Solid Waste Generated Per Capita In Countries Around The World
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26. Countries That Have U.S. Military Bases
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27. How Much Rice Do People In Europe Consume?
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28. How Much Do Asian Countries Spend On Their Military?
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29. The World’s Population At 8 Billion At Some Point In Late 2022
The eight billionth human being will enter the world, ushering in a new milestone for humanity. In just 48 years, the world population has doubled in size, jumping from four to eight billion. Of course, humans are not evenly spread throughout the planet, and countries take all shapes and sizes. This visualization aims to provide context on how the eight billion people are distributed around the world.
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30. Passports Of European Countries
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31. Last Monarch Of Every European Country
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32. Which Energy Source Do European Countries Rely On The Most?
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33. This Map Shows The International Status Of Abortion Law In June 2022
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34. Suicide Rate In Europe - 2018
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35. This Map Shows The Net Annual Migration Per 1,000 Population (Average 2017-2021), By Country/Territory
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Maps help us understand and navigate the constantly evolving complexity of our societies in a world where challenges like climate change, natural disasters, geopolitics, war, energy security, and human rights issues seem to be growing increasingly complex. All the data is acquired from peer-reviewed academic studies or satellite data from trusted sources such as NASA or ESA.
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