Open data
The numbers, as files
Every reel’s figures are a plain CSV or JSON file, with the source and the period they cover. Take them, chart them, check us.
Country indicators
Ten measures for around 200 countries, one value a year back to 1990. Drawn on the compare page.
- Population (people, 1990–2025)JSON
Compiled by World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT); Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
- Income per person (US$ a year, 1990–2025)JSON
Compiled by Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
- Life expectancy (years, 1990–2024)JSON
Compiled by World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
- Babies per woman (births per woman, 1990–2024)JSON
Compiled by World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
- Baby deaths (per 1,000 births, 1990–2024)JSON
Compiled by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB); United Nations (UN). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
- Living in cities (% of people, 1990–2025)JSON
Compiled by World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
- Internet users (% of people, 1990–2025)JSON
Compiled by World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026.
- Access to electricity (% of people, 1990–2024)JSON
Compiled by SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026.
- CO₂ per person (tonnes a year, 1990–2024)JSON
Compiled by EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission; International Energy Agency (IEA). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026.
- Unemployment (% of workers, 1990–2025)JSON
Compiled by ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Updated by the World Bank 8 Oct 2026. Partly modelled or estimated.
Data: The World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Each file names its own credit and the organisations that compile it.
Reel by reel
- Singapore's passport opens 193 countries without a visaOctober 22, 2026CSVJSON
- Lehman Brothers: the biggest company collapse in US historyOctober 21, 2026CSVJSON
- Spotify's three most-streamed songs everOctober 21, 2026CSVJSON
- The US spends more on its military than the next six countries combinedOctober 21, 2026CSVJSON
- Netflix's most-watched shows worldwide: Squid Game leads with 265 million viewsOctober 19, 2026CSVJSON
- Save $60,000 between 25 and 35: it becomes $493,000 by 65October 17, 2026CSVJSON
- Heart disease killed 9.5 million people in 2023, the world's top killerOctober 16, 2026CSVJSON
- The ChatGPT app hit 1 billion monthly users in about 3 yearsOctober 16, 2026CSVJSON
- Google gets 21.7 billion more visits than the next four sites combinedOctober 15, 2026CSVJSON
- The biggest movie ever keeps changing handsOctober 15, 2026CSVJSON
- Three countries hold over half of the world's billionairesOctober 15, 2026CSVJSON
- The world's most visited countries, 1995 to 2024October 14, 2026CSVJSON
- India vs China, 1980 vs 2026: two very different pathsOctober 12, 2026CSVJSON
- India vs China: two very different age pyramidsOctober 11, 2026CSVJSON
- Men's Grand Slam titles, major by majorOctober 10, 2026CSVJSON
- Kohli's ODI average is 59. No other 9,000-run batter tops 54.October 9, 2026CSVJSON
- One minute on Earth, fast-forwardedOctober 9, 2026CSVJSON
- Hollywood's highest-paid actors: every Forbes list, 2013 to 2025October 8, 2026CSVJSON
- Most Olympic golds ever — and the countries with noneOctober 7, 2026CSVJSON
- Ronaldo scores more. Messi makes more happen.October 7, 2026CSVJSON
- Nvidia outweighs whole countriesOctober 6, 2026CSVJSON
- The countries that grow the world's coffeeOctober 6, 2026CSVJSON
- The world's 10 richest people, every year since 1987October 5, 2026CSVJSON
A quiz or guessing reel has no file here: it would print its answer with no clip in front of it. Each file names its source; use the figures with credit to that source. Spotted a mistake? See corrections.