Our World in Data: Urbanization

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Language & Communication Languages

On average, a language dies about every two weeks

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Geography Demographics

The world has roughly half as many babies per woman as in 1950

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Geography Demographics

Global life expectancy has more than doubled in a century

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Religion & Beliefs Major Religions

Islam was the fastest-growing major religion of the 2010s

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Geography Demographics

More than half of humanity now lives in cities

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Language & Communication Languages

Papua New Guinea speaks more languages than any country on Earth

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Religion & Beliefs Major Religions

The religiously unaffiliated are the world's third-largest group

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