It's intresting to note that something like 15% of Mexico's entire population has moved into the USA.
I'm note sure I've seen such a massive exodus like that before.
Migration flows across the world
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Re: Migration flows across the world
#32This is nicer: http://migrationsmap.net/ Anyway, both sites use pretty obsolete data by now.
If you know more recent data, I would be interested (I made the map).
Re: Migration flows across the world
#33Interestingly there was a discussion over Bill Gate's measuring teachers report with heated debate about the right graph to choose (scatterplots vs xxx) I like this and it is interesting information, but sorry, the "right" graphic to use here is the Mercator projection. I have to scroll down a long way to see which country people leave Azerbijan for (Russia). But the data is interesting. And its a helluva lot harder…
I'd argue that the Mercator projection is not the right projection if you want to show the entire world. The distortion introduced over large areas is fairly extreme, and I think relative geographical sizes are fairly important for displaying that kind of graphic.
> The distortion introduced over large areas is fairly extreme
Yeah, but the areas which are most distorted are also usually the least populated, by a long shot, so it may be just fine for showing anything related to people... sure Greenland's way too huge, but, well, meh...