The World If Countries Were Sized by Starbucks? (The UK Beats the EU)

What would the world look like if every country were sized by its number of Starbucks? South Korea becomes a giant, Italy shrinks, and the birthplace of coffee vanishes completely. ☕🌍 can you guess the country who'll become the bigger? Every country grows or shrinks in an animated map video by its share of the world's 41,305 Starbucks stores compared with its share of the world's land. Along the way: the tea-drinking country with more Starbucks than the entire EU, the country with exactly ONE Starbucks, the country Starbucks walked out of, and the 5 giants that hold 3 out of every 4 Starbucks on Earth. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:17 Tea vs Espresso (Europe) 1:54 The East 2:52 Desert Lattes (Middle East & Central Asia) 4:07 The Coffee Desert (Africa) 5:00 Tea Country (Asia) 6:10 Down Under (Oceania) 6:26 The Americas 7:54 The Giants 8:37 The Starbucks World 8:52 But Per Person… 💬 How many Starbucks are in YOUR country? Tell us in the comments, and which brand should we size the world by next animated map video? 📊 Data & method • Store counts: Starbucks "Store Counts by Market", 28 June 2026 (fiscal Q3 2026). Georgia's first store opened in July 2026. • Starbucks reports Hong Kong and Macau together (177 stores); the split between them is estimated. • Size = a country's share of all Starbucks stores ÷ its share of the world's land. Very small countries are drawn at most 6× wider; the counter shows the real number. • Per-person ranking: countries with at least 1 million people. 🎵 Original soundtrack and sound design made for this video. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Starbucks. #Starbucks #Geography #Maps