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An interactive Correctiv map (praised by Simon Kuestenmacher) plots population…

2026-05-09 · 05:41 UTC ·@bswud ·0 min read

Brief

The Correctiv map (highlighted by Simon Kuestenmacher) visualizes population change for every small European region from 1961–2024 and reveals continental polarization: Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and others show shrinking poorer areas and booming wealthy areas, while Britain shows slow, steady growth everywhere—@bswud blames British land‑use policy for ensuing regional income divergence.

Why it matters

An interactive Correctiv map (praised by Simon Kuestenmacher) plots population change for every small European region from 1961–2024.

Key details

  • Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and similar countries show a pattern of poorer areas depopulating while richer areas grow rapidly between 1961 and 2024, per the map.
  • Britain contrasts with slow, steady population growth across regions; @bswud claims this reflects a 'huge failure of British land use policy' that has produced regional income divergence.
Source evidence

Note how Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and so on have seen their poorer areas depopulate and their richer areas grow rapidly, whereas Britain has seen slow but steady growth everywhere. A huge failure of British land use policy, causing regional income divergence.

Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600)

It's hard to oversell this map - make sure to bookmark it and share it with your friends. Fantastic research that must have been soooo labour intensive: How has the population of evert single small geographic region across Europe changed from 1961 to 2024? You will want to study this map in detail. Source (keep scrolling for a while): correctiv.org/aktuelles/2026…

— https://nitter.net/simongerman600/status/2052697591624737002#m