Yesterday we asked what share of the world’s population are refugees. 82% of our Facebook followers answered correctly. Way better than people we surveyed in Germany, Japan, Mexico, US and the UK (only 20% of them chose the right answer)! Here Ola Rosling explains the answer and why facts help give us perspective when it comes to refugees. Here you can download the slideshow: https://gapm.io/WRD1_download_slides | Gapminder

This brilliant video visualises “the demographic transition around the world” from 1850 to 2018. It actually positions the countries according their total fertility rate and the probability of a child dying before the age of 5, from 1850 to 2018. Data source: Gapminder Infographic created by @countcarbon Via: @simongerman600 (Twitter) #demography | Demography - the study of human population and society