Key Elections in 2024: Winners, Losers, Upcoming Polls

We review the winners from key elections in the first half of 2024 as well as the main candidates in the three big upcoming ones. Read more

Charted: 776 Million Tonnes of Rice Production by Country

The world’s most populous countries, China and India, top the countries with the largest rice production in 2022. Read more

Mapped: The Countries Losing the Most People to Emigration

We map out which parts of the world are losing people to emigration basedon 2023 data. Noticeably, high income countries are underrepresented. Read more

Ranked: Olympic Medals Held by the World’s 15 Largest Countries

More people doesn’t automatically equate to more Olympic medals, as some of the world’s most populous countries have found out over the years. Read more

Visualizing the World’s Biggest Rice Producers

Over half of the world’s population lives on rice as a staple food, but just a few countries dominate global rice production. Read more

Charted: The Industries Where Asian Companies are the Strongest

We look at the share of Asian companies in the top 3,000 global firms—measured by market capitalization in 2020—broken down by industry. Read more

Mapped: Asia’s Population Patterns by Density

We visualize Asia’s population patterns to see where 4.6 billion people, or two-thirds of the world’s population, actually live. Read more