We are the world

[andrewducker]

This is the world:

This is the distribution of its people:


It's fascinating how the differences really appear in the far North - Canada, the Scandinavian countries and Russia particularly.

Comments

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Makes the map less helpful, but still interesting.

[andrewducker]

More localized ones here:
http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, those are even cooler than the world map. The UK comes out completely unrecognisable, as do China and Ireland. The US less so.