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  • Child and Infant Mortality
  • Where in the world are children dying?

Charts

  • Age dependency ratio projections
  • Annual number of births by world region
  • Annual number of deaths by world region
  • Annual population growthUN (with projections)
  • Annual population growth by world region
  • Birth rate vs. death rate
  • Children per woman vs population growth
  • Comparison of United Nations population projections
  • Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies per year
  • Fertility rate: children per woman
  • Global and regional population estimates, US Census Bureau vs. UN
  • Historical world population: comparison of different sources
  • Life expectancy at birth, including the UN projections
  • Natural population growthUN (with projections)
  • Number of births and deaths per year
  • Populationsince 10,000 BC
  • Populationsince 10,000 BC, Marimekko
  • Population by age group, including UN projections
  • Population by broad age group
  • Population by countryClio Infra
  • Population growth rateUN (with projections)
  • Population growth rate by level of development
  • Population growth rate vs child mortality rate
  • Population growth rate vs. median age
  • Population growth rate with and without migration
  • Population growth vs child mortality
  • Population, including UN projectionsLine chart with dashed projections, 10000 BCE to 2100
  • Population, including UN projectionsLine chart with dashed projections
  • Projected change in under-5 population from 2015 to 2050
  • Projected change in under-5 population from 2050 to 2100
  • Projected population by age cohortUN (with projections)
  • Projected population by broad age group
  • Projected population under age 5
  • Projected world population by level of education
  • Projection of the population under 15, by world region
  • Projections of the number of children per woman by education scenario
  • Projections of the population younger than 15, by education scenario
  • Projections of the population younger than 15, by education scenario
  • Projections of the total population by education scenario
  • Projections of the world population by the Wittgenstein Centre
  • Rate of natural population increaseUN
  • Share of births that are registered
  • Share of deaths that are registered
  • Size of young, working age and elderly populations
  • Size of young, working-age and elderly populations
  • The UN projections of the future population younger than 15 years, by world region
  • The demographic transition
  • The demographic transition: Decline of the death rate followed by a decline of the birth rate
  • Which countries have reached peak child?
  • World population by region, including UN projectionsStacked area chart
  • World population by region, including UN projectionsLine chart with dashed projections
  • World population projections by UN prospects revision

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