Identity – Worldmapper https://worldmapper.org the world as you've never seen it before Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:56:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Nobel Prize Literature 1901-2025 https://worldmapper.org/maps/nobel-prize-literature-1901-2025/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/nobel-prize-literature-1901-2025/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:17:10 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=14610 “On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace – the Nobel Prizes. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.” (quoted from Nobelprize.org) On 10 December 2018 this year’s main award ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo, adding the latest laureates to the list. France is leading the list of Literature laureates, with 17, followed by the United States of America (14) and the United Kingdom (12). Germany and Sweden complete the top 5, with 10 and 8 - respectively. Overall citizens of 45 countries were awarded a Literature Nobel Prize, only the Peace Nobel Prize has been given to more countries.]]> This map shows each country proportional to the numbers of Nobel Prizes for Literature won by citizens from there between 1901 and 2025.

Data sources
This map uses data by The Nobel Institute  (last accessed January 2026). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/nobel-prize-literature-1901-2025/feed/ 0 Nobel Prize Literature 1901-2022 https://worldmapper.org/maps/nobel-prize-literature-1901-2022/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/nobel-prize-literature-1901-2022/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:07:06 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=14290 “On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace – the Nobel Prizes. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.” (quoted from Nobelprize.org) On 10 December 2018 this year’s main award ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo, adding the latest laureates to the list. France is leading the list of Literature laureates, with 17 out of the 134, followed by the United States of America (14) and the United Kingdom (12). Germany and Sweden complete the top 5, with 10 and 8 - respectively. Overall citizens of 45 countries were awarded a Literature Nobel Prize, only the Peace Nobel Prize has been given to more countries.]]> This map shows each country proportional to the numbers of Nobel Prizes for Literature won by citizens from there between 1901 and 2022.

Data sources
This map uses data by The Nobel Institute  (last accessed October 2022). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/nobel-prize-literature-1901-2022/feed/ 0 Spread of the Swedish Language https://worldmapper.org/maps/spread-of-the-swedish-language-2005/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/spread-of-the-swedish-language-2005/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:14:45 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=13144 The map shows the proportion of all people who speak Swedish as a first language that live in that territory in 2005. This map removes the countries where Swedish is dominant. This map therefore only shows 4.6% of all speakers of Swedish. The territory omitted is Sweden.

Definition
The maps in the 2005 language data series are made from data on the number of people speaking a language as their first-language, that is the language they would use at home.

Data sources
This map uses data several sources, the main one being Ethnologue (15th Edition, 2005). Estimating the number of speakers of a language is fraught with difficulty on several levels (last accessed January 2009). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. The language numbers we use and publish are rough estimates, and should not be taken as definitive. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

All modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets. Data for this map will soon be available as a download.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/spread-of-the-swedish-language-2005/feed/ 0 Czech Language https://worldmapper.org/maps/czech-language/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/czech-language/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:57:58 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=13125 Territory size shows the proportion of all people who speak Czech as a first language that live in that territory.

Definition
The maps in the 2005 language data series are made from data on the number of people speaking a language as their first-language, that is the language they would use at home.

Data sources
This map uses data several sources, the main one being Ethnologue (15th Edition, 2005). Estimating the number of speakers of a language is fraught with difficulty on several levels (last accessed January 2009). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. The language numbers we use and publish are rough estimates, and should not be taken as definitive. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/czech-language/feed/ 0 Cantonese Language https://worldmapper.org/maps/cantonese-language-2005/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/cantonese-language-2005/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:25:02 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=13041 Territory size shows the proportion of all people who speak Cantonese as a first language that live in that territory.

Definition
The maps in the 2005 language data series are made from data on the number of people speaking a language as their first-language, that is the language they would use at home.

Data sources
This map uses data several sources, the main one being Ethnologue (15th Edition, 2005). Estimating the number of speakers of a language is fraught with difficulty on several levels (last accessed January 2009). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. The language numbers we use and publish are rough estimates, and should not be taken as definitive. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/cantonese-language-2005/feed/ 0 Haitian Creole French https://worldmapper.org/maps/haitian-creole-language/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/haitian-creole-language/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:42:29 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=13030 Territory size shows the proportion of all people who speak Haitian Creole French as a first language that live in that territory.

Definition
The maps in the 2005 language data series are made from data on the number of people speaking a language as their first-language, that is the language they would use at home.

Data sources
This map uses data several sources, the main one being Ethnologue (15th Edition, 2005). Estimating the number of speakers of a language is fraught with difficulty on several levels (last accessed January 2009). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. The language numbers we use and publish are rough estimates, and should not be taken as definitive. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/haitian-creole-language/feed/ 0 Burmese Language https://worldmapper.org/maps/burmese-language/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/burmese-language/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:26:46 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=13024 Territory size shows the proportion of all people who speak Burmese as a first language that live in that territory.

Definition
The maps in the 2005 language data series are made from data on the number of people speaking a language as their first-language, that is the language they would use at home.

Data sources
This map uses data several sources, the main one being Ethnologue (15th Edition, 2005). Estimating the number of speakers of a language is fraught with difficulty on several levels (last accessed January 2009). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. The language numbers we use and publish are rough estimates, and should not be taken as definitive. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

]]> https://worldmapper.org/maps/burmese-language/feed/ 0 Spread of Burmese Language https://worldmapper.org/maps/spread-of-burmese-language-2005/ https://worldmapper.org/maps/spread-of-burmese-language-2005/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:36:05 +0000 https://worldmapper.org/?post_type=product&p=13026 Territory size shows the proportion of all people who speak Burmese as a first language that live in that territory. This map therefore only shows 6.4% of all speakers of Burmese. The territory omitted is Myanmar.

Definition
The maps in the 2005 language data series are made from data on the number of people speaking a language as their first-language, that is the language they would use at home.

Data sources
This map uses data several sources, the main one being Ethnologue (15th Edition, 2005). Estimating the number of speakers of a language is fraught with difficulty on several levels (last accessed January 2009). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. The language numbers we use and publish are rough estimates, and should not be taken as definitive. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

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