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International Relations and History 📚 • Founder of The World in Maps • Here, I post maps and graphs about how the world works and how it once was 🌍📊
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🇩🇪 Germany votes, history lingers. Exit polls reveal a stark political divide between the West and the former Communist East.

35 years after German unification, the faith divide between East and West is astonishing.

🇩🇪 Germany: one nation, two societies.

China🇨🇳 leads global CO₂ emissions, contributing 30-34%, driven by coal reliance and industrial output. The U.S.🇺🇸 (14%) and India🇮🇳 (7%) follow.

Highest degree of every current U.S. governor.

There are very few places where you can escape from rats.

The richest person on each continent: 1. 🇺🇸 Elon Musk – $454.1B (North America) 2. 🇫🇷 Bernard Arnault – $167.8B (Europe) 3. 🇮🇳 Mukesh Ambani – $94.9B (Asia) 4. 🇧🇷 Eduardo Saverin – $33.3B (South America) 5. 🇦🇺 Gina Rinehart – $30B (Australia) 6. 🇳🇬 Aliko Dangote – $11.6B (Africa)

Map shows the largest non-African nationality in each African country.

The U.S. military presence in Europe is crucial for the continent’s defence. Overall the US has more than 100,000 military personnel deployed in Europe.

Map shows which side of the road people in Europe drove on in 1922. Today, the only countries that still drive on the left are: UK🇬🇧, Ireland🇮🇪, Cyprus🇨🇾 and Malta🇲🇹

What Europe calls its military forces.

Map shows key geopolitical tensions that could trigger WWIll💥

Projected Population Change in Europe by 2100. With Migration vs. Without Migration.

🇵🇱 Countries with higher GDP per capita than Poland, 1990 vs 2018.

🇨🇦 Maps shows the percentage of people who can speak both English and French in Canada.

All the countries that have officially banned TikTok:

Here are the Top 10 Economies by Goldman Sach’s Projections for 2075. The global economic landscape is constantly shifting. Renowned global brokerage firm Goldman Sachs has taken a step into the future with its projections for the world's biggest economies in 2075.

Burj Khalifa vs. Vatican City

'Salazar from Minho to Algarve' Portuguese postcard (~1940) showing dictator António de Oliveira Salazar as Portugal.

Chrome’s Global Takeover. Web browser usage, 2015 vs 2024.

What if all Europe became one country? 🇪🇺

Spanish🇪🇸 vs French🇫🇷 Which language dominates your state/province?

Map shows which station in Paris do trains arrive according to the area of departure.

Map shows countries whose GDP is smaller than that of tiny Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Luxembourg is the world’s 74th largest economy.

Love comes at a price! Valentine's Day, people in the 🇬🇧UK spend the most per person ($100), followed by 🇮🇪Ireland ($96) and the 🇺🇸US ($91).

Map showing which countries celebrate Valentine's Day (and which do not) 💕

I LOVE YOU! - in European Languages. Happy #ValentinesDay❤️✨

Britain has invaded all but 22 countries.

Mindblowing 🤯😂

Most common foreign nationals in Japan by prefecture.

Armenia’s parliament adopted a bill today aimed at starting the process of joining the European Union. The bill was initiated after a petition calling on the authorities to launch the process garnered more than the 50,000 signatures needed for it to be discussed in parliament.

Apple Maps follows Google renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

Africa is made up of 54 countries, which the African Union divides into 5 subregions.

Google maps: Three countries, three perspectives, one body of water.

The difference between England, UK, Great Britain and the British Isles.

Google Maps has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. In the U.S., this will appear as the default name, while in the rest of the world, users will see "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)."

Today, we celebrate International Greek Language Day! 🇬🇷 This map shows the extent of Greek language over time.

The WHO remains a global organization with 194 member states, shown in 🔵 However, two countries, the United States and Argentina are set to leave, highlighted in 🔴

Countries who lost both world wars.

New York City is HUGE!

Map shows the strongest passport in each continent. 🇦🇪UAE claims the crown as the most powerful in the world, followed by 🇪🇸Spain.

Knock, knock.

Android vs iOS in Europe.

Today, 🇪🇪Estonia, 🇱🇻Latvia and 🇱🇹Lithuania have disconnected from Russia’s power grid. They are now fully integrating into the European Union’s system 🇪🇺.

🇧🇷Brazil and 🇲🇽Mexico stand as Latin America’s economic giants. Latin America and the Caribbean represent 7.3% of global GDP.

Lebanon has the highest proportion of Christians of any Arab country. It’s estimated that there are around 2.24 million Christians in Lebanon, around 35% of the population.

How much do European allies spend on defense? According to 2024 estimates, 23 countries are set to meet the 2 percent target, with Poland (4.12%) and Estonia (3.4%) ranking ahead of the U.S. (3.3%).

Historic UK counties coloured by their suffixes.