February 2020
Population.io, brought to you by World Data Lab, aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a wider audience. They believe that demographic data can play an important role in understanding the social and economic developments of our time. Their hope is that people from all walks of life, in all ages and across all countries will explore a new perspective of their own life and find their own place in the world of today and tomorrow.
What interesting insights can you discover about your place in the world population after examining the data visualizations below? To get started, plug in your date of birth, country of birth, and sex at birth below.
Population.io has been developed by World Data Lab, with special thanks to Wolfgang Fengler (wfengler@worlddata.io, @wolfgangfengler), together with K.C. Samir (@kcsamir) and Benedikt Groß (@bndktgrs).
Students
- After viewing the map above, think about these three questions:
- What do you notice?
- What do you wonder? What are you curious about that comes from what you notice in the map?
- What might be going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that captures the main idea. If your headline makes a claim, write what you noticed that supports your claim.
- Next, join the conversation by adding to the discussion below. (Students 13 and older are invited to comment, although teachers of younger students are welcome to post what their students have to say.)
- After you have posted, read what others have said, then respond to someone else by posting a comment. Use the “Reply” button to address another student directly.