Every country, 1960 to today. Vertical: births per woman (total fertility).
Horizontal: life expectancy at birth. Bubble size: population.
Color: World Bank region. Press Play and watch the world march from the top-left
(many births, short lives) to the bottom-right (few births, long lives) — the single most
important chart of the modern era, and the one that sits underneath every long-run fiscal
projection. After Hans Rosling / Gapminder. Data: World Bank, fetched live.
Loading World Bank data… (three indicators, ~200 countries, 1960–present)
Source: World Bank Open Data —
Fertility rate, total (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) · Life expectancy at birth (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) ·
Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Regional aggregates excluded; only sovereign economies shown.
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