Map of the Day: China’s Provinces Rival Countries in Population Size
China’s population is expected to begin to decline in the mid 2020s, at which time India will overtake it as the world’s most populous country
Map of the Day: The World’s Best and Worst Places for Doing Business
New Zealand has taken the top spot for the last three years in a row
Map of the Day: Every Year in the History of Scandinavia
The changing borders of the various civilizations of Scandinavia from the Kingdom of Gothia, through the Viking Age, until the modern Day
Map of the Day: The Endangered Languages of Europe
The endangered and extinct languages of Europe
Visualizing the Aftermath of the Real Estate Bubble
“States like Rhode Island (-12.0%), Connecticut (-11.7%) and New Jersey (-10.0%) similarly remain below their pre-recession levels”
Map of the Day: Life Expectancy Around the World Since 1800
“Demographic research suggests that at the beginning of the 19th century no country in the world had a life expectancy over 40 years”
Map of the Day: All the World’s Billionaires in a Single Map
“If you added up all the money of every billionaire in the world, you’d have about $8.9 trillion in wealth”
Map of the Day: The Rise and Fall of the Hapsburg Dynasty
The Hapsburgs came to dominate the Holy Roman Empire, the Duchy of Burgundy, and the Spanish Empire for hundreds of years
Map of the Day: The Colors of Food Security
“Humans have converted ~12% of the earth’s ice-free land surface area to grow crops, fuel, and fiber, and ~22% for grazing”
Map of the Day: Ancient Mesoamerica, Every Year
The rise and fall of a succession of Central American civilizations lasting over one thousand years