“Above all else show the data.”
– Edward R. Tufte

We began publishing “money maps” in the 2014 Annual Wrap Up. We were inspired by the ease with which disinformation was misleading great people. A fundamental grounding in the basic statistics of population, geography, natural resources, economy and military will inform you about the world around you. It will also help protect you from an enormous amount of misleading financial and geopolitical commentary. This includes commentary specifically designed to harvest your time and money.

Here are “money maps” for (14) nations in the G-20 would help you power up the “geo” in your geopolitical discussions. As more and more investment managers and companies begin to assess allocations between regions based on an area’s percentage of global GDP, grounding in vital statistics is essential in a world where we are “trading places.”

This year we have added additional data regarding investment in outer space. As more global trade flows through the orbit above us, building your intelligence with the statistics of outer space will continue to grow in value.

Recommendation:

Digest the Solari Report money maps. Then turn off your TV. Get a good world almanac and read a chapter a week until you are through. Then send us an e-mail about what you would like us to add to the money maps for the next annual wrap up!

Population Data (2015)
	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	France	Germany	India	Italy	Japan	Mexico	Russia	SAfrica	UK	US
Population (MM) 2	22.7	204.2	35.0	1,367.4	66.5	80.8	1,251.6	61.8	126.9	121.7	142.4	53.6	64.1	321.3
Urban Population 2	89.4%	85.7%	81.8%	55.6%	79.5%	75.3%	32.7%	69%	93.5%	79.2%	74%	64.8%	82.6%	81.6%
Median Age (years) 2	38.4	31.1	41.8	36.8	41.4	46.5	27.3	44.8	46.5	27.6	39.1	26.5	40.4	37.8
Billionaires ($USD) 9	27	54	39	213	47	103	90	39	24	16	88	7	53	536
Internet Users (MM) (2014)18	18.4	103.7	29.6	668.1	54.0	68.1	375.3	35.9	109.7	51.6	87.5	23.7	56.9	266.4
English Speaking 12	97%	4.9%	86%	1%	39%	64%	10%	34%	–	12%	6%	31%	98%	94%

Space Programs (2014)
	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	France	Germany	India	Italy	Japan	Mexico	Russia	SAfrica	UK	US
Satellites in Orbit (2015)17	6	9	27	132	19	25	35	12	56	3	131	2	39	534
Space Budget ($MM) 14	35	183	474	6,111	2,713	1,687	1,159	1,223	3,597	10	5,265		367	39,332
Space Program Founded	–	2015	1989	1993	1989	1972	1969	1988	2003	2010	1955	2010	2010	1958
Space Sector Personnel (000)				300			32		7		250			250

Natural Resources (2014)
	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	France	Germany	India	Italy	Japan	Mexico	Russia	SAfrica	UK	US
Land Area (MM sq km) 1	7,740	8,514	9,970	9,597	552	357	3,287	301	378	1,958	17,076	1,221	242,900	9,629
Arable Land (%)2	6.2	8.5	4.3	11.6	33.5	33.2	47.9	22.6	11.2	12.9	7.1	9.9	24.9	16.2
Renewable Water Resources (cu km, 2011) 2	492	8,233	2,902	2,840	211	154	1,911	191.3	430	457.2	4,508	51.4	147	3,069
Coastline (km) 2	25,760	7,491	202,080	14,500	4,853	2,389	7,000	7,600	29,751	9,330	37,653	2,798	12,429	19,924
Waterways (km)2	2,000	50,000 *	636 **	110,000	8,501	7,467	14,500	2,400	1,770	2,900	102,000	n/a	3,200	41,009
Crude Oil (bbl, Jan, 2015) 2	1.1 B	15.3 B	172.5 B	24.6 B	84.0 MM	226.8 MM	5.6 B	544.5 MM	541.6 MM	9.8 B	80.0 B	15.0 MM	2.9 B	36.5 B
Natural Gas (cu m, Jan, 2014) 2	1.219 T	388.7 B	1.88 T	3.3 T	9.6 B	116 B	1.4 T	59.4 B	20.9 B	483.5 B	47.8 T	15 B	241 B	8.734 T

Infrastructure
	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	France	Germany	India	Italy	Japan	Mexico	Russia	SAfrica	UK	US
Railways (km)2	38,445	28,538	46,552	86,000	29,640	41,981	63,974	20,255	27,182	17,166	87,157	20,192	16,454	224,792
Roadways (paved, km) 2	356,343	212,798	415,600	3,453,890	1,028,446	645,000	n/a	487,700	973,234	137,544	927,721	62,995	394,428	4,304,715
Pipelines (km, gas / oil) 2	30,931 / 3,791	17,915 / 9,553	n/a	48,511 / 38,410	15,322 / 8,023	27,022 / 7,313	15,644 / 20,032	20,223 / 2,967	4,456 / 278	2,102 / 16,832	165,372 / 94,518	1,387 / 2,452	29,173 / 10,605	1,984,321 / 240,711
# of Mobile Phones (Year Varies) 7	20MM	284 MM	28 MM	1,276 MM	72 MM	107 MM	1,003MM	88 MM	121 MM	101 MM	256 MM	59 MM	83 MM	327 MM
Smartphone Penetration 16	65%	26%	56%	47%	42%	40%	19%	41%	25%	37%	36%	40%	62%	56%

Finance
	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	France	Germany	India	Italy	Japan	Mexico	Russia	SAfrica	UK	US
GDP (trillions, 2014 est.) 2	$1.1T	$3.2T	$1.5T	$18.0T	$2.5T	$3.7T	$7.4T	2.1T	$4.7T	$2.1T	$3.5T	$0.6T	$2.5T	$17.3T
GDP Per Capita (2014 est.) 2	$46,600	$16,200	$45,000	$13,200	$40,500	$46,200	$5,800	$35,100	$37,500	$18,000	$24,400	$13,100	$39,800	$54,400
Debt (% of GDP, 2014 est.) 2	42%	59%	95%	15%	96%	74%	58%	132%	232%	42%	13%	49%	89%	74%
Exports (2014 est.) 2	$240.8B	$224.6B	$478.4B	$2.343T	$584.5B	$1.492T	$329.6.2B	$513.7B	$699B	$398.3B	$497.8B	$92.5B	$480.8B	$1.633T
Outstanding Equity (2014) 10	$1.2T	$843B	$2.0T	$6.0T	$2.0T	$1.7T	$1.5T	n/a	$4.3T	$480B	$385B	$933B	$3.1T	$26.3T
Gold Reserves (tonnes, 2015) 3	79.9	67.2	3.0	1,054.1	2,435.4	3,384.2	557.7	2,451.8	765.2	122.7	1,208.2	125.2	310.3	8,133.5

Military
	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	France	Germany	India	Italy	Japan	Mexico	Russia	SAfrica	UK	US
US Military Personnel Deployed (Sept, 2014) 13	178		139			37,704		11,697	48,828				9,074	1,142,288
Military (% of GDP, 2013) 15	1.8%	1.3%	1.0%	2.1%	2.2%	1.2%	2.4%	1.4%	1.0%	0.7%	4.5%	1.1%	2.0%	3.5%
Nuclear Warheads11	0	0	0	260	300	0	110-120	0	0	0	7,500	0	215	7,200 ***
# of Aircraft Carriers 4	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	10

Sources:

¹ worldometers.info, ² World Factbook, ³ The World Gold Council, ⁴ wikipedia.org, ⁵ satellitedebris.net, ⁶oecd-ilibrary.org, ⁷wikipedia.org, ⁸wikipedia.org, ⁹wikipedia.org, ¹⁰The World Bank ¹¹icanw.org, ¹²wikipedia.org, ¹³wikipedia.org, ¹⁴OECD Library, ¹⁵The World Bank, ¹⁶wikipedia.org, ¹⁷Union of Concerned Scientists, ¹⁸Internet Live Stats

* Most in areas remote from industry and population.
** Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States.
*** (5) European nations host U.S. nuclear weapons on their soil as part of a NATO nuclear-sharing arrangement: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey.