Which language does every country want to learn?
English is the most popular language to learn in 98 countries. Spanish is the second most popular language in 14 nations. Here the maps of the most popular languages in the world.
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Africa
The most and least affordable countries for starting a business, mapped
The United Arab Emirates is the most costly nation to begin a business, with start-up costs of $7,443.51. While starting a new business is least affordable in Congo, where $1,232 in fees equates to 2,554% of the average monthly income. Contrary in Kazakhstan, it takes just 2% of the average monthly payment ($12 against $531) to start a business.
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The Most Filmed Movie Location In Every Nation, Mapped
According to the IMDb, the data visualization NetCredit team went back through all the movie places filmed from 1900 to 2020, used the numbers, and created the map of the most regularly filmed locations worldwide.
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Which countries will double their population by 2050?
More than half of the global population growth between nowadays and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa. Africa has the most significant rate of population increase among other continents.
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Tree Height Maps
According to the map, forest heights decrease at a higher elevation and are highest at low latitudes, decreasing in height the farther they are from the tropics (except 40° south latitude in southern temperate rainforests in Australia and New Zealand). Moreover, the highest forests are concentrated in mountain areas.
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Global Remoteness
The maps are based on distance from cities, roads, railways, and airports. The green areas represent places where travel to the city, road and other transportation facilities can be measured in hundreds of kilometers.
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Around the world in perfect weather
An around-the-world journey sounds like an out-of-reach, bucket list experience. But it’s achievable, and many people have done it – some in only eighty days. A map below shows a 52-week dream journey in perfect weather, between 70-75 °F, or 21-24 °C. It’s a comfort temperature amongst the majority of people.
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General naming formats
In Western culture, nearly all individuals possess at least one given name (first name), together with a family name (last name, surname).
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The Price of Sex around the World (2019)
The global prostitution industry makes US$186 billion per year, according to Havocscope. But how does this billion dollar industry trickle down to the workers who make it possible?
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The Saharan Mega-Lakes during the Holocene Wet Phase
Between c. 7000 – 3000 BCE the Sahara was far from the desert it is today. It was covered in grassland and dotted with shallow lakes. Ancient humans used its waterways to travel up through Africa. Its legacy remains today in rock art and dried riverbeds. This map is a speculative reconstruction of this lost world.
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