Xavi Ruiz
@xruiztru.bsky.social
International Relations and History 📚 • Founder of The World in Maps • Here, I post maps and graphs about how the world works and how it once was 🌍📊
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Xavi Ruiz
@xruiztru.bsky.social
· Nov 17
140 years ago this week, a group of European leaders and diplomats met in Berlin to carve up Africa in service of their imperial interests.
Maps show Africa just before the Berlin Conference and the way it looked after colonization.
Maps show Africa just before the Berlin Conference and the way it looked after colonization.
Cut off from the sea: 49 landlocked countries.
2 trapped twice: Uzbekistan🇺🇿 and Liechtenstein🇱🇮
2 trapped twice: Uzbekistan🇺🇿 and Liechtenstein🇱🇮
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Cut off from the sea: 49 landlocked countries.
2 trapped twice: Uzbekistan🇺🇿 and Liechtenstein🇱🇮
2 trapped twice: Uzbekistan🇺🇿 and Liechtenstein🇱🇮
Non of the countries Poland border in 1989 exist today.
September 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Non of the countries Poland border in 1989 exist today.
Much of Latin America is marked by former leaders in jail, under house arrest or living in exile to avoid detention.
August 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Much of Latin America is marked by former leaders in jail, under house arrest or living in exile to avoid detention.
Words can be powerful… and sometimes ironic.
August 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Words can be powerful… and sometimes ironic.
European countries where August 15 is a public holiday.
August 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
European countries where August 15 is a public holiday.
Japanese pictorial map of the Middle East (1942).
August 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Japanese pictorial map of the Middle East (1942).
Chile is so long that it could serve as a bridge between Canada and Spain across the Atlantic Ocean.
August 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Chile is so long that it could serve as a bridge between Canada and Spain across the Atlantic Ocean.
August 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
80 years ago today, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, another hit Nagasaki.
Over 200,000 people died and many others were injured.
These bombings led to Japan’s surrender on August 15, effectively ending WWII.
Over 200,000 people died and many others were injured.
These bombings led to Japan’s surrender on August 15, effectively ending WWII.
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
80 years ago today, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, another hit Nagasaki.
Over 200,000 people died and many others were injured.
These bombings led to Japan’s surrender on August 15, effectively ending WWII.
Over 200,000 people died and many others were injured.
These bombings led to Japan’s surrender on August 15, effectively ending WWII.
Map shows which country is closest depending on where you are in the United States.
August 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Map shows which country is closest depending on where you are in the United States.
The largest national park in the European Union is in Sourh America.
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The largest national park in the European Union is in Sourh America.
Map shows whether each country has more immigrants or emigrants.
Some countries may surprise you.
Some countries may surprise you.
July 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Map shows whether each country has more immigrants or emigrants.
Some countries may surprise you.
Some countries may surprise you.
#OnThisDay in 1914, the world changed forever.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo set off a chain reaction that led to one of the deadliest conflicts in human history: World War I.
This map shows the global alliances that shaped the war.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo set off a chain reaction that led to one of the deadliest conflicts in human history: World War I.
This map shows the global alliances that shaped the war.
July 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#OnThisDay in 1914, the world changed forever.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo set off a chain reaction that led to one of the deadliest conflicts in human history: World War I.
This map shows the global alliances that shaped the war.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo set off a chain reaction that led to one of the deadliest conflicts in human history: World War I.
This map shows the global alliances that shaped the war.
After Trump’s deal with the EU, tariffs drop to 15%.
But many countries are still hit hard by U.S. new trade policy.
But many countries are still hit hard by U.S. new trade policy.
July 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
After Trump’s deal with the EU, tariffs drop to 15%.
But many countries are still hit hard by U.S. new trade policy.
But many countries are still hit hard by U.S. new trade policy.
This map shows how unevenly Nobel Prizes have been distributed across the world.
July 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This map shows how unevenly Nobel Prizes have been distributed across the world.
The U.S. divided into 3 equally populated regions.
July 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The U.S. divided into 3 equally populated regions.
Map shows % of Romani people in the Balkan countries.
July 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Map shows % of Romani people in the Balkan countries.
Support for Ukraine🇺🇦 remains high in much of Europe—but not everywhere.
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Support for Ukraine🇺🇦 remains high in much of Europe—but not everywhere.
Anime isn’t just a Japanese phenomenon anymore.
From the U.S. to China, anime’s popularity has gone global—check how your country ranks!
From the U.S. to China, anime’s popularity has gone global—check how your country ranks!
July 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Anime isn’t just a Japanese phenomenon anymore.
From the U.S. to China, anime’s popularity has gone global—check how your country ranks!
From the U.S. to China, anime’s popularity has gone global—check how your country ranks!
The map where fueling your car is still someone else’s job.
July 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The map where fueling your car is still someone else’s job.
These countries have no UNESCO sites yet:
July 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
These countries have no UNESCO sites yet:
Europe’s languages are diverse, fascinating and sometimes delightfully frustrating!
July 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Europe’s languages are diverse, fascinating and sometimes delightfully frustrating!
Constitutional gun rights: rare yesterday, even rarer today.
July 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Constitutional gun rights: rare yesterday, even rarer today.
The world split in two: coffee or tea?
July 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The world split in two: coffee or tea?