The depopulation of European countries

The pandemic accelerated mortality growth in 2020 and subsequent years of a magnitude not seen since WWII in Western Europe or the partition of the USSR in Eastern Europe. As a result, life expectancy at birth dropped from 2019 to 2020 in 27 out of 29 nations. Males in the United States and Lithuania had the most significant losses in life expectancy at birth during 2020 (2.2 and 1.7 years, respectively).

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21 Best Maps of 2021

2021 is coming to an end. It’s time to recall the most popular and trending maps during year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, they reflect what was of interest to our collective mind during an ongoing pandemic that greatly affected our habits, thinking, fears, and desires. Browse through the maps below to learn more about how our world will look like when the sea level rises, which country is the largest in the world based on the most suitable land area for human habitation, the geography of religion in Europe, and the distribution native tribes of North America. The most popular maps of the year 2021 range in order of increasing total views.

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Which U.S. States Can You Live More Comfortably On A Minimum Wage?

The minimum wage in U.S. states varies from $15.20 per hour in D.C. to $8.65 per hour in Florida. The minimum wage is more than 3/4 of the living cost in the bulk of the West Coast and New England. Most of the South and some Mountain states have it the worst, where minimum wage covers about 50% of the living costs.

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Maps of the Great Lakes

The Great Lakes are the most extensive freshwater system globally (94,600 sq mi / 244,000 sq km). The Lakes contain 5,400 cu mi (22,500 cu km) of surface freshwater on earth or 6 quadrillion gallons of freshwater (22.7 quadrillion liters), accounting for about 21% of the world’s surface freshwater or 84% of North America’s surface freshwater.

Using Digital Elevation Model data, I made the map of the Great Lakes in watercolor style.

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3D Mapping of The Global Climate

Data analyst Alasdair Rae created unique 3D maps of the global population density. This idea inspired me to make three-dimensional maps depicting different climatic parameters. To create these maps, I used Worldclim data: average temperature (°C), precipitation (mm), solar radiation (kJ m-2 day-1), and wind speed (m s-1).

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What if “Did Not Vote” were a candidate in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election?

Joe Bide has been elected the 46th president of the U.S., In 2020, he has enlarged Hilary Clinton’s record from 51 to 162 electoral votes, while Donald Trump has raised from 16 to 98 votes. But many Americans still didn’t vote. What if “I didn’t vote” ran as a U.S. presidential candidate in the 2020 election?

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