The world in numbers, with sources

Countries in Data

Eurostat · World Bank · GUS
US Census Bureau · NASA

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Demography

Population, births, ageing and migration: how many people live where, and how that changes.

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Country comparisons

Two or more countries on one scale: the same indicator, the same year, the same source.

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Space

Missions, planets and distances: figures from NASA with the date of every measurement.

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The world map: one indicator on one scale

Choose a year, select a country with the keyboard or a tap, and open the source behind every value. Colour shows the class of the value; the exact number is always one step away.

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