Amazing Maps shares maps that show something true about the world: how borders were drawn, where people live, what the land looks like and how all of it has changed over time. The page on Facebook is followed by close to a million people, and new maps go out there every day.
This site is the home of those maps. Each post gives the map at full size, explains what it shows, and lists the sources it was drawn from, so you can check the numbers yourself.
What you’ll find here
- History: empires, old borders and the decisions that shaped today’s map.
- People: population, languages, religion, money and how people live.
- Geography: rivers, mountains, climate and the shape of the land.
- Borders: enclaves, odd lines and the stories behind them.
How the maps are checked
Every factual claim on this site is checked against a source before it goes up, and those sources are listed at the bottom of each post. The first choice is always official statistics, national mapping agencies and academic work, then well-referenced encyclopedias. Where the data has a date, the post says which year it comes from, and where sources disagree, the post says so.
Maps simplify things by design. A map of the most spoken language in each country says nothing about the second, and a border drawn on a map is not always the border on the ground. Each post explains what its map leaves out.
Follow Amazing Maps
The quickest way to see new maps is to follow Amazing Maps on Facebook.
Get in touch
For questions, map ideas or press enquiries, use the contact page.
Amazing Maps is run by Terrible Media Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 16872230.