How is life on Earth distributed across the taxonomic kingdoms? Humans make up just 0.01% of life: but we’ve had much larger impacts on shaping the animal kingdom. Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.

15,000 children die on average every single day. Reducing child mortality is a key target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What would it take for the world to reach it?

China has been the world’s most populous country for a long time. But it’s soon to be overtaken by India. The UN projects that by 2024 India will be the world’s most populous country. What do future population trends look like around the world? Explore the data.

Researchers recently used a survey to ask people across countries about their willingness to postpone rewards. After validating questions with incentivised experiments, here is what they found.