Maps can change your perspective on life. Here are some maps that may just give you a new view of the world:
Who can speak the most foreign languages?
Well done Luxembourg!
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf
Ginger hair frequency
Image: James McInerny/ Source: (deleted from flickr)
Beer map of Europe
Via Imgur
World flight traffic
Most common European surnames
From imgur
Most widely-spoken second language by country
Belgium and Switzerland are multilingual countries. French is the number one “second” language in Belgium because a small majority of the population speak Flemish as a first language (this data comes from the Eurobarometer report). Switzerland publishes data about languages spoken at home and at work, but no definitive stats about second language learning nationwide.
Sources:
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf
http://www.coe.int/t/DG4/linguistic/Source/Country_Report_Norway_EN.pdf
http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/istrazivanje-tri-posto-visokoobrazovanih-ne-zna-niti-jedan-strani-jezik-hrvati-uglavnom-znaju-engleski/545687.aspx
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/sprachen.html
Annual hours of sunshine
Found on imgur
Writing systems of the world
Original (larger) at Wikipedia
Lightning map of the world
Found at Imgur
South-up world
Via Flickr
Density of metal bands by country
Most popular sports
Found at imgur
Where does it rain the most?
Source: http://chartsbin.com/view/1425
The British Empire in 1897 (the pink countries)
Found here
World map adjusted for population
Larger version here
Source:
What do you think?