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World charts
9 charts about world, each with its public source, its numbers and its date.
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How has the world's population grown since 1960?
The world had 8.22 billion people in 2025, more than 2.7 times the 3.02 billion of 1960. It passed 8 billion in 2023. Figures are mid-year estimates from the...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How long do people around the world live, and how has that changed since 1960?
A baby born in 2024 could expect to live 73.5 years on average across the world, up from 50.9 in 1960. The very low early-1960s figures include the famine in...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How fast has the world come online?
73.6% of the world's people used the internet in 2025, up from 15.6% in 2005, the first year the World Bank gives a world figure. It counts people who used t...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many people live in each country?
India, with 1.46 billion people in 2025, and China, with 1.41 billion, are far larger than any other country; the United States is third with 342 million. Th...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How long do people live in each country?
A baby born in Monaco in 2024 could expect to live 86.5 years; in Nigeria, 54.6. The United States was at 78.9, China at 78.0 and India at 72.2. Search 217 c...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people use the internet in each country?
In 2024 Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reported that everyone used the internet, the United States 94.7% and India 64.9%, but in Burundi ...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How rich is each country, per person?
In 2024 the typical country produced about $7,950 of goods and services (GDP) per person. Monaco was highest at $288,002 and Burundi lowest at $216; the Unit...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people have electricity in each country?
In 2024, 122 of 215 countries and territories had electricity for everyone, and India reached 99.9%. In 15, fewer than half of people had it, all but Papua N...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Access to electricity (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How do countries compare on wealth, health and the internet?
Pick countries and compare them on GDP per person, population, life expectancy, internet use or access to electricity. It opens with GDP per person in 2024: ...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024