https://ourworldindata.org/population-sources
Our team builds and maintains a long-run dataset on population by country, region, and for the world, based on three key sources.
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/272789/world-population-by-continent/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Jan 26, 2026 - Whereas the population is expected to decrease somewhat until 2100 in Asia, Europe, and South America, it is predicted to grow significantly in Africa.
world populationforecastcontinentstatista
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population-long-run-with-projections
Future projections are based on the UN's medium-fertility scenario.
populationworlddata
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-undernourished-vs-gdp-pc
This is the main FAO hunger indicator. It measures the share of the population that has a caloric intake which is insufficient to meet the minimum energy...
sharepopulationundernourishedvsgdp
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rate-from-unsafe-water-sources-vs-share-in-extreme-poverty?time=latest
Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs...
death rateunsafewatersourcesvs
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-living-with-less-than-10-int--per-day?tab=line&time=2003..latest&country=LVA~LTU~EST
Sep 30, 2025 - This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.
povertysharepopulationlivingless
https://www.unfpa.org/publications/state-world-population-2014
Young people matter. They matter because an unprecedented 1.8 billion youth are alive today, and because they are the shapers and leaders of
world populationunited nationsstatefund
https://worldisraelnews.com/israels-population-growth-rate-falls-to-an-all-time-low/
Dec 31, 2025 - For the first time ever, Israel's annual growth rate falls before 1%, amid declining birth rates, a rise in the number of deaths, and high levels of...
population growthisraelratefallstime
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/urban-vs-rural-population-safely-managed-sanitation
Share of the urban versus population using a safely managed sanitation service; that is, excreta safely disposed of in situ or treated off-site.
shareurbanvsruralpopulation
https://populationeducation.org/curriculum-and-resources/world-population-video/
Jun 12, 2025 - Watch human population grow from 1 CE to present and see projected growth in under six minutes. This “dot” video,... Read more »
world populationvideostreameducation
https://datareportal.com/reports/6-in-10-people-around-the-world-now-use-the-internet
Oct 22, 2021 - 332 million people came online for the first time in the past year, pushing internet user growth above 7½ percent.
worldpopulationonline
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-rural-population-with-improved-sanitation-faciltities
Feb 1, 2024 - Basic sanitation services are improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households.
shareruralpopulationusingleast
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/modeled-female-employment-to-population-ratio
Jul 3, 2025 - An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
femaleemploymentpopulationratioworld
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-the-population-with-access-to-electricity?tab=chart&country=Sub-Saharan+Africa
Jul 3, 2025 - An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
sharepopulationaccesselectricityworld
https://ourworldindata.org/population-growth-over-time
Jun 1, 2023 - The world population has increased rapidly in recent centuries. But this is slowing.
world populationgrowthchangedtime
https://www.statista.com/statistics/268766/median-age-of-the-world-population/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
This statistic presents the median age of the world population from 1990 to 2015 and a forecast until 2100, by fertility variant.
median ageworld populationstatista
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-with-drug-use-disorders
May 17, 2024 - Drug dependence is defined by the International Classification of Diseases as the presence of three or more indicators of dependence for at least a month...
drug usesharepopulationdisordersworld
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-vaccination-doses-per-capita
Aug 14, 2024 - 7-day rolling average. All doses, including boosters, are counted individually.
dailysharepopulationreceivingcovid
https://worldisraelnews.com/gazas-population-down-by-11-amid-war-time-emigration/
Jan 1, 2026 - According to the PA's official records, the population of the Gaza Strip has dropped by more than a quarter of a million since October 2023, reflecting...
gazapopulationamidemigration
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/relative-poverty-share-of-people-below-40-of-the-median
Sep 30, 2025 - Relative poverty is measured in terms of a poverty line that rises and falls over time with average incomes – in this case set at 40% of the median income or...
relativepovertysharepopulationmedian