The World’s Population in 3D

This 3D Map of world cities with a population over 100k visualizes the global population of the world’s cities as 3D towers. Zoom in on Europe and you can see that London dominates western Europe, towering over Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Rome. The data for the map comes from this Wikipedia list of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants. Wherein lies the problem. The main problem with Maps Mania… more →
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Population Stripes

Julien Gaffuri, a cartographer at Eurostat, has created an interactive map which allows you to place stripes of any size and orientation on a map of Europe and discover the percentage of the continent’s population living within the area covered by the stripe.Julien’s Population Stripe map uses population data from the statistical office of the European Union, and provides some very iinteresting Maps Mania… more →
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Global Population Density

Top Row: Paris, Barcelona, New York, Bottom Row: London, San Francisco, Los AngelesUS cities tend to have lower population densities than cities in most other countries in the world. The maps above show the populations living within a 5km radius of the centers of a number of major cities. As you can see San Francisco and Los Angeles have significantly lower population densities than Paris and Maps Mania… more →
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