Guess the Map III: The Map Lover's Paradise

[nocho]

That was faster than I thought.

It is countries with undisputed World Chess Champions.

Cuba should have been green then, no?

 

[dwaxe]

Cuba should have been green then, no?

Crap! I forgot about Capablanca

 

[Fuzzz]

Here you go, a Europe map for once.

 

[Tee Kay]

Net immigration?

 

[Shekwan]

Russia would be more green if it was immigration though?

 

[Fuzzz]

It's not immigration.

 

[uat2d]

Average age of population, darker meaning older?

 

[Shekwan]

Could be life expectancy?

 

[uat2d]

Could be life expectancy?

Western Europe is all pretty much around the 78 to 80 years of life expectancy.

But now that you mention it, it could be instead birth rates.

Spoiler :

I'm sorry if I'm giving out two possible answers.

 

[W|M]

Birth rates compared with Death rates?

 

[mitsho]

Average age of population, darker meaning older?

I'd guess Portugal, Spain and Greece would have younger populations, not? And why would Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have such young populations? Especially the last one?

These population-based guesses (birth rate, life expectancy, average age) all don't really go imo with Luxembourg and Croatia, both are significantly different than their neighbouring countries...

So, what are the Germans and Italians best at? It can't be related to Economics or the European Union, because of Croatia.

Percentage of Students? (I'd guess France higher) Something about Football? Any other sport? Is it a scale or is it percentage? (e.g.: 5 grades in a ranking or a continuous scale)

 

[uat2d]

I'd guess Portugal, Spain and Greece would have younger populations, not? And why would Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have such young populations? Especially the last one?

I'm a Portuguese Economics student. The average age here was of last year, 39,7 years. So it's not like we're that young. Hence why I thought the Eastern countries were the youngest.

The reason why Luxembourg and the Netherlands could not be darker like Germany and Italy are could be because of their immigration. The fact that they attract young people and aren't exactly overpopulated could help them in that.

 

[BasketCase]

Most FIFA World Cup wins?

 

[Optical]

Can't be that, I'm sure neither Romania nor Ukraine have won and they're not the lightest green.

I'm going to guess tourist numbers, even though Russia doesn't quite seem right again.

 

[emzie]

Speed limits?

 

[LAnkou]

blind guess:
women fertility?

 

[Fuzzz]

Average age of population, darker meaning older?

Could be life expectancy?

Both pretty close.

 

[LAnkou]

natural death rate?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Percentage of people who are in retirement?

 

[Fuzzz]

Percentage of people who are in retirement?

Close enough, it's number of people over 65.