Insights
Data-driven analysis of population, demographics and global trends — each insight built from the numbers on this site and linked to the tools behind them.
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World Rankings
Two demographic worlds are drifting apart
Median age 19 in Sudan, 45 in Germany, 48 in Japan. The consequences touch everything.
2026-08-08
Explainer
World Rankings
The world is still growing, just more slowly every year
Global growth peaked at 2.3 percent in the 1960s. It is under one percent now.
2026-08-08