The World of Apples

Where the apples came from

Each dot is a variety in the atlas, at the place where it first grew. Move the slider to see them arise over the centuries; the countries follow, most varieties first.

Map of where the apple varieties in the atlas came from A map of the world on the Equal Earth projection, with a dot for each variety at its place of origin. Zimbabwe Zambia Yemen Vietnam Venezuela Vatican City Vanuatu Uzbekistan Uruguay Micronesia Marshall Islands Northern Mariana Islands Virgin Islands, U.S. Guam American Samoa Puerto Rico United States: 236 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands British Indian Ocean Territory Saint Helena Pitcairn Anguilla Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Cayman Islands Bermuda Virgin Islands, British Turks and Caicos Islands Montserrat Jersey Guernsey Isle of Man: 1 United Kingdom: 670 United Arab Emirates Ukraine: 7 Uganda Turkmenistan Turkey: 1 Tunisia Trinidad and Tobago Tonga Togo Timor-Leste Thailand Tanzania Tajikistan Taiwan Syria Switzerland: 19 Sweden: 22 Eswatini Suriname South Sudan Sudan Sri Lanka Spain: 3 South Korea: 4 South Africa: 3 Somalia Solomon Islands Slovakia Slovenia: 1 Singapore Sierra Leone Seychelles Serbia: 3 Senegal Saudi Arabia Sao Tome and Principe San Marino Samoa Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Lucia Saint Kitts and Nevis Rwanda Russia: 24 Romania: 23 Qatar Portugal: 2 Poland: 6 Philippines Peru Paraguay Papua New Guinea Panama Palau Pakistan Oman Norway North Korea Nigeria Niger Nicaragua New Zealand: 25 Niue Cook Islands Netherlands: 58 Aruba Curaçao Nepal Nauru Namibia Mozambique Morocco Western Sahara Montenegro Mongolia Moldova Monaco Mexico Mauritius Mauritania Malta Mali Maldives Malaysia Malawi Madagascar North Macedonia: 1 Luxembourg: 1 Lithuania: 1 Liechtenstein Libya Liberia Lesotho Lebanon Latvia Laos Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Kiribati Kenya Kazakhstan Jordan Japan: 38 Jamaica Italy: 32 Israel: 1 Palestine Ireland: 22 Iraq Iran: 1 Indonesia India: 1 Iceland Hungary: 32 Honduras Haiti Guyana Guinea-Bissau Guinea Guatemala Grenada Greece: 1 Ghana Germany: 96 Georgia Gambia Gabon France: 202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna Saint Martin (French part) Saint Barthélemy French Polynesia New Caledonia French Southern Territories Åland Islands Finland: 1 Fiji Ethiopia Estonia: 1 Eritrea Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Egypt Ecuador Dominican Republic Dominica Djibouti Greenland Faroe Islands Denmark: 16 Czechia: 4 Cyprus Cuba Croatia Côte d'Ivoire Costa Rica Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Comoros Colombia China: 4 Macao Hong Kong Chile Chad Central African Republic Cape Verde Canada: 59 Cameroon Cambodia Myanmar Burundi Burkina Faso Bulgaria: 4 Brunei Brazil: 1 Botswana Bosnia and Herzegovina Bolivia Bhutan Benin Belize Belgium: 26 Belarus: 1 Barbados Bangladesh Bahrain Bahamas: 1 Azerbaijan Austria: 5 Australia: 17 Heard Island and McDonald Islands Norfolk Island Australia: 17 Armenia Argentina Antigua and Barbuda Angola Andorra Algeria Albania Afghanistan Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

The countries, most varieties first