14.4% to 4.2% to 8.1%
World & India
India's share of the world economy, 1850 to 2022
In 1850 India produced a seventh of the world's output. By 1950 its share had fallen to one twenty fourth. The climb back is still under way.
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India's wild tigers, all India estimate
Source: NTCA and Wildlife Institute of India, All India Tiger Estimation
Animals & Nature
India's big cats, counted
Tigers have more than doubled since 2006. Gir's lions have crossed 890. Leopards number nearly 14,000. The latest official count for every big cat in India.
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7% over 65 today, 15% by 2050
People & Society
India's population pyramid, 2024 and 2050
Today India's widest bands are people in their late teens and early twenties. By 2050 the pyramid turns into a column and the over 65s double their share.
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Greenland, inflated 16x
Maps & Geography
The real size of countries
Greenland and Congo cover almost the same area. On the map in your school atlas, Greenland looks 15 times bigger. Here is why.
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$948 to $7,350
Money & Economy
India's income per person, 1850 to 2022
Average income in 1947 was about what it had been in 1850. Since then it has grown nearly eight times, most of it after 1991.
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4 to 5x a year
AI & Technology
AI compute growth vs Moore's Law
The biggest AI training run has grown about 18 billion fold since 2010. Moore's Law would have delivered 256 fold over the same years.
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2.2 tonnes per person
World & India
India's carbon footprint, person by person
India is the world's third largest emitter. Per person, it emits less than half the world average and about a sixth of an American.
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305 vs 86 minutes
People & Society
How India spends its day
Nine in ten working age women do unpaid housework every day, for about five hours. Three in ten men do, for under an hour and a half.
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7,516.6 km to 11,098.8 km
Maps & Geography
Why India's coastline is longer than you think
The official number was 7,516 km for fifty years. A fresh measurement at a finer scale puts it at 11,099 km. No new land was added.
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6,327 dolphins
Animals & Nature
India's river dolphins, counted for the first time
The first national survey found 6,327 river dolphins across 28 rivers. Three in four live in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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