🌐 All of the World’s Borders by Age →
October 28, 2019 • #In preparation for this year’s Geography 2050 theme (“borders in a borderless world”), this map gives a helpful sense of how relatively young most of the world’s international boundaries are. Outside of Europe, most boundaries are shades of red or blue (dating from 1800 or later).
Check out the full size version here.
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