200 Countries 200 Years

Hans Rosling's famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's commentator's style to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before - using augmented reality animation. In this spectacular section of 'The Joy of Stats' he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes. Plotting life expectancy against income for every country since 1810, Hans shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.

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200 Countries 200 Years


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True or false?

1. In 1810, the average life expectancy globally was below 40 years old.

2. The Industrial Revolution caused life expectancy to drop.

3. The Great Depression caused life expectancy to drop.

4. After World War One former colonies gained independence.

5. When former colonies gained independence their life expectancy rose.

6. Global life expectancy hasn't risen since World War Two.

7. In the future life expectancy is expected to fall.