5 Maps That Help You Understand Iran vividmaps.com/iran-mapped/ #iran

Canada has 9.98 million km² of territory and 40 million people — 4.5 per km², one of the lowest population densities of any country on Earth. Between 2015 and 2025 it admitted 3,894,285 permanent residents. vividmaps.com/canada-perma... #canada

Scotland attempted five colonies in the Americas — Nova Scotia (1629), Charles Island in the Galápagos (1627), East New Jersey (1683), Stuarts Town in Carolina (1684), and New Caledonia in Panama (1698). vividmaps.com/scottish-col... #scotland

Europe has five distinct playing card suit systems, and this map by hunmapper shows where each one dominates. French suits are the youngest, appearing around 1480. Italian and Spanish Latin suits are the oldest, dating to around 1370. vividmaps.com/playing-card... #playingcards

The Best World Map Posters in 2026 vividmaps.com/world-map-po... #mapposter

195 countries, very unevenly distributed. Africa: 54. Europe: 43 in 10.5M km². South America, larger than Europe: 12. Europe fits roughly 6x more countries per unit of area than South America. vividmaps.com/countries-by... #geography

Lines on the Land: U.S. County Borders in 3D www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBHp... #unitedstates

Distance tool: click two spots on a map, get the great-circle distance vividmaps.com/distance-cal... #geography

How Germans Roast Each Other: Germany Stereotype Maps vividmaps.com/germany-ster... #germany

In 1980, China ($275) was below India ($533) in per capita income. By 2026: China at $31,023. India at $12,964. Around 60 countries now below India, up from 13 in 1980. vividmaps.com/countries-po... #India

First time in modern history: Christians are less than half the UK population (46.5%). Non-religious identification reached 37.8%. vividmaps.com/uk-religion-... #unitedkingdom

Martin Behaim's Erdapfel: the world's oldest surviving globe, made in 1492. The Americas don't appear. Earth's circumference is calculated 11,000 km too small. This is what Columbus was working with when he planned his westward route. vividmaps.com/oldest-globe... #oldmaps

Countries With the Most Immigrants www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaO3... #immigrants

Elevation lookup for any point on Earth 🌍 Click map or enter coordinates (decimal/DMS). Get elevation in meters + feet vividmaps.com/elevation-fi... #elevation

Edward Quin's 1856 atlas documents when each part of the world became known to Western civilization, 2348 BC to 1811 AD. Romans didn't know about the Americas. Napoleon didn't know about Antarctica. vividmaps.com/mapping-worl...

Trump's vs. Putin's Approval Ratings in Europe, 2026 #Trump #Putin

Happy Valley-Goose Bay: -22°C (53°N) Dublin: 2°C (53°N) The Gulf Stream creates 20-24°C gaps across the entire North Atlantic. vividmaps.com/gulf-stream-... #climate #atlantic

The most common natural disasters across the United States. #UnitedStates

27 countries write in scripts they invented. Everyone else borrowed. vividmaps.com/map-countrie... #languages

Immigration by Country: A World Map of Foreign-Born Populations www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUBN... #immigration

Housing prices in 2000 vs 2026, adjusted for inflation. Key findings: → 2000: Zero states above $200k average → 2026: Only MS and WV below $200k → Hawaii: +122% above inflation → Louisiana: Only state with negative real growth. vividmaps.com/housing-pric... #unitedstates #realestate

U.S. states in classical Latin: New York → Novum Eboracum (Eboracum = Roman York) Pennsylvania → Silvānia Penni Rhode Island → Insula Rhodēnsis Vermont → Mons Viridis Massachusetts → Massaciussēta Idaho → Idahum vividmaps.com/united-state... #unitedstates #romanempire

The Best World Atlases in 2026 vividmaps.com/united-state... #atals #maps

The linguistics of U.S. state names: 🟢 Indigenous (25): Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian + others 🟡 Spanish (5): Florida, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado 🔵 English (5): New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Indiana, Washington vividmaps.com/us-states-na...

America's Safest vs Most Dangerous States www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oA... #unitedstates #crime

Coordinate Converter: DMS ↔ Decimal Degrees vividmaps.com/convert-lati...

How much land does food need? Beef: 326 m²/kg Chicken: 12 m²/kg Peas: 7.5 m²/kg Tomatoes: 0.8 m²/kg The efficiency gap between animal products and plant foods is massive. vividmaps.com/global-agric... #agriculture

When Countries Hit 30 Million People — From Ancient Times to the Future www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZNu...

101.9 million hectares of new cropland worldwide from 2000-2019. Africa: +53.2M ha South America: +37.1M ha Europe: +0.9M ha Southeast Asia: -1.6M ha (only region that shrank) vividmaps.com/global-agric... #croplands

Europe's economic power in 1938 tells you everything about the war that followed. Germany: $77.2B ($10,500 per capita) USSR: $76.0B ($4,500 per capita) vividmaps.com/gdp-before-s...

☀️ Solar: >6.5 kWh/m²/day in Southwest (CA, NV, AZ, NM, TX) 🌬️ Wind: >10 m/s at 100m height (coastal CA, Great Lakes, Rockies, Atlantic) vividmaps.com/us-solar-win... #unitedstates #solarenergy #windenergy

Just mapped where all 2.5 billion Christians actually live. Africa: 754M (!) South America: 620M Europe: 552M Asia: 417M N. America: 272M vividmaps.com/christianity... #christianity

3D County Borders of the U.S. Based on Elevation, Rainfall & Population www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotC... #maps

Russia is 2.4 miles from the USA in the Bering Strait. Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (Alaska) sit on different sides of the International Date Line. vividmaps.com/russia-usa-d...

31 countries have official state religions: Islam: 19 (Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Malaysia...) Christianity: 7 (England, Denmark, Greece, Malta...) Buddhism: 4 (Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan) Judaism: 1 (Israel) vividmaps.com/countries-of...

The land doesn't stop where the water starts. Underwater, the continental shelf can extend over 100 miles before dropping into deep ocean. vividmaps.com/us-continent...

The North Pole paradox: it belongs to everyone and no one. 6 nations claim surrounding Arctic waters, with Russia asserting the largest area at 4.8M sq km (1.85M sq mi), followed by Canada at 4M sq km (1.54M sq mi) and Denmark (Greenland) at 2.2M sq km (843,345 sq mi). vividmaps.com/who-controls...

Every city that had more than 100,000 people in 1700. vividmaps.com/largest-citi...

Maine 44.9, Utah 32.5. NH aged 6.5 years since 2000, ND aged 0.5 years. Migration drives the difference. vividmaps.com/us-median-ag... #unitedstates #demographics

Romans took Greece in 146 BC. That's 173 years before Augustus became emperor. After the 395 split, Greece stayed with the east. vividmaps.com/roman-empire... #RomanEmpire #history

Greenland's geography connects directly to economics and geopolitics. At 2.16 million km² (836,330 mi²), it's larger than Mexico but home to only 57,000 people. The ice sheet covering 80% of the island is retreating, exposing 36.2 million tonnes of rare-earth. vividmaps.com/greenlands-s...

Canada's Territorial Journey from Dispersed Colonies to Modern Nation www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqyT... #canada

German propaganda leaflet from May 1944 mocked Allies for taking 8 months to advance 123 km (76 mi) through Italian mountains. vividmaps.com/why-frontlin... #war

North American wolf subspecies then vs now. Used to have 23 types spread everywhere. Now most are gone or pushed to remote northern areas. Six is confirmed extinct. vividmaps.com/north-americ... #wolves #northamerica #unitedstates #canada #mexico #animals

Global wind atlas shows atmospheric extremes: Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica (50 mph / 80 km/h average, Guinness record holder) vs Amazon basin at 68°W, 0° (1.55 m/s / 3.5 mph / 5.6 km/h). That's 45x difference between windiest and calmest spots. vividmaps.com/global-wind-... #climate #wind

U.S. County Population Density Changes (1990-2022) vividmaps.com/population-d... #unitedstates #demographics

Venezuelan outflows top 8 million: Colombia 2.8M lead, Peru 1.7M. 22% living outside from economic woes, high like Albania's 31%. US military's Maduro capture on Jan 3 adds fresh dynamics. vividmaps.com/venezuelans-... #venezuela

The United States of Sitcoms vividmaps.com/american-sit... #unitedstates #sitcom

Bears total 17,000, concentrated in Romania and Scandinavia. Wolves most adaptable at 19,000 across 31 countries. Eurasian lynx are forest specialists at 9,000. Wolverines just 1,250 in Scandinavia. Iberian lynx in SW Spain/Portugal recovered from 94 to 1,600. vividmaps.com/large-carniv... #europe

Mapped the 621 US cities where median homes exceed $1M. California leads with 218 cities, followed by New York (76) and New Jersey (60). vividmaps.com/home-afforda... #UnitedStates #realestate