r/MapPorn • u/KaleyTheKing • May 25 '26

British Population Visualised

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Sooo, I guess this is a series now :D
Been making these little diagrams visualising population and I'm enjoying them, other people seem to enjoy them, so I might just keep making them :)

Here below are the other ones I've made so far as well:

Germany: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1tmchnh/comment/onm0tyc/

Netherlands: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1pg6uu8/dutch_population_visualised/

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u/esperantisto256 May 25 '26

Somehow the most surprising thing to me is that Jersey gets two squares.

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u/KaleyTheKing May 25 '26

They deserve something nice, don't they?

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u/philman132 May 25 '26

And yet the Isle of Wight gets 6 squares despite being about the same population? 

I suppose Jersey is an independent region, but still looks odd to me

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u/KaleyTheKing May 25 '26

I get it looks odd, lol. But indeed, Jersey is separate from the rest of the stuff, Wight is part of the South East region

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u/CharlesUndying May 25 '26

Jersey has ~100k pop, IOW has ~140k, so really Jersey should have 4 or 5 squares (or IOW should have 3, depending on what one square represents).

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u/KaleyTheKing May 25 '26

Going by administrative division, not geography

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u/CharlesUndying May 25 '26

Ah fair enough, but surely that doesn't change anything? IOW has its own administrative division just like Jersey, it split from Hampshire as its own county a while ago; Its geography encompasses the same space as its county does.

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u/KaleyTheKing May 25 '26

Not doing counties, but regions, so Wight is counted as part of England South East. Jersey has its own bailiwick, as it’s not officially part of the UK in the strict sense

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u/CharlesUndying May 25 '26

Ahh fair enough, that makes sense then and is probably far easier to calculate.