Here’s something fun: data from the World Bank

Last updated on: June 23, 2014 at 9:26 pm by Jane the Actuary

Here’s something fun: data from the World Bank 2014-06-23T21:26:00-06:00 Jane the Actuary

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I was playing around yesterday and found the World Bank site with loads of data:

Annual GDP growth for all countries.

Annual population growth.

Fertility rate (children per woman) (TFR).

plus lots of other data.

The fun thing is that you can download these tables, with data that goes back to 1960.

Here are the TFR’s for some countries:

United States Germany China Iran Iraq World 1960 3.654 2.37 5.758 6.927 6.252 4.97944 1961 3.62 2.45 5.887 6.924 6.364 4.996809 1962 3.461 2.44 6.008 6.914 6.514 5.01108 1963 3.319 2.51 6.103 6.896 6.689 5.021848 1964 3.19 2.54 6.157 6.868 6.872 5.020302 1965 2.913 2.5 6.161 6.827 7.044 4.989908 1966 2.721 2.53 6.11 6.77 7.188 4.93148 1967 2.558 2.48 6.011 6.699 7.295 4.906824 1968 2.464 2.38 5.871 6.617 7.362 4.850962 1969 2.456 2.21 5.692 6.528 7.383 4.783756 1970 2.48 2.03 5.47 6.44 7.362 4.709458 1971 2.266 1.92 5.2 6.359 7.308 4.612069 1972 2.01 1.71 4.887 6.292 7.234 4.494 1973 1.879 1.54 4.542 6.243 7.153 4.375348 1974 1.835 1.51 4.181 6.214 7.072 4.262372 1975 1.774 1.45 3.826 6.212 6.993 4.138172 1976 1.738 1.45 3.497 6.238 6.915 4.026649 1977 1.79 1.4 3.212 6.289 6.834 3.929253 1978 1.76 1.38 2.982 6.354 6.748 3.83929 1979 1.808 1.38 2.813 6.422 6.658 3.773535 1980 1.8395 1.44 2.71 6.481 6.569 3.716236 1981 1.812 1.43 2.673 6.516 6.485 3.663843 1982 1.8275 1.41 2.682 6.515 6.407 3.636988 1983 1.799 1.33 2.72 6.47 6.338 3.606169 1984 1.8065 1.29 2.769 6.374 6.276 3.57583 1985 1.844 1.37 2.811 6.223 6.22 3.548349 1986 1.8375 1.43 2.826 6.015 6.164 3.513642 1987 1.872 1.43 2.806 5.759 6.105 3.471081 1988 1.934 1.46 2.745 5.468 6.039 3.415957 1989 2.014 1.42 2.644 5.152 5.965 3.34521 1990 2.081 1.45 2.506 4.819 5.882 3.271352 1991 2.0625 1.33 2.342 4.478 5.792 3.181908 1992 2.046 1.29 2.171 4.137 5.699 3.094892 1993 2.0195 1.28 2.009 3.806 5.605 3.005906 1994 2.0015 1.24 1.865 3.492 5.51 2.931784 1995 1.978 1.25 1.746 3.204 5.417 2.859267 1996 1.976 1.3 1.656 2.946 5.324 2.802518 1997 1.971 1.35 1.591 2.716 5.233 2.750602 1998 1.999 1.36 1.546 2.512 5.142 2.70891 1999 2.0075 1.36 1.52 2.337 5.053 2.671029 2000 2.056 1.38 1.51 2.193 4.965 2.64503 2001 2.0305 1.35 1.514 2.079 4.879 2.614053 2002 2.0205 1.34 1.527 1.994 4.795 2.591005 2003 2.0475 1.34 1.546 1.934 4.713 2.573585 2004 2.0515 1.36 1.566 1.895 4.634 2.558135 2005 2.057 1.34 1.585 1.873 4.557 2.538819 2006 2.108 1.33 1.602 1.866 4.483 2.530609 2007 2.12 1.37 1.617 1.87 4.412 2.52386 2008 2.072 1.38 1.63 1.88 4.343 2.51516 2009 2.002 1.36 1.642 1.893 4.276 2.500338 2010 1.931 1.39 1.65 1.904 4.211 2.489154 2011 1.8945 1.36 1.657 1.912 4.147 2.476223 2012 1.8805 1.38 1.663 1.917 4.086 2.468886

And the annual population growth rates:

United States Germany China Iran Iraq World 1960 1.70% 0.78% 1.83% 2.59% 2.45% 0.00% 1961 1.66% 0.77% -1.02% 2.59% 2.55% 1.35% 1962 1.54% 0.88% 0.82% 2.60% 2.66% 1.72% 1963 1.44% 0.93% 2.46% 2.61% 2.80% 2.07% 1964 1.39% 0.81% 2.32% 2.62% 2.96% 2.05% 1965 1.25% 0.85% 2.38% 2.63% 3.12% 2.05% 1966 1.15% 0.83% 2.79% 2.65% 3.29% 2.10% 1967 1.09% 0.46% 2.57% 2.68% 3.42% 2.05% 1968 1.00% 0.44% 2.61% 2.69% 3.50% 2.03% 1969 0.98% 0.79% 2.74% 2.68% 3.51% 2.11% 1970 1.17% 0.33% 2.76% 2.68% 3.47% 2.08% 1971 1.26% 0.18% 2.75% 2.67% 3.41% 2.09% 1972 1.07% 0.48% 2.46% 2.69% 3.35% 2.03% 1973 0.95% 0.31% 2.28% 2.75% 3.31% 1.96% 1974 0.91% 0.04% 2.07% 2.84% 3.30% 1.94% 1975 0.99% -0.37% 1.77% 2.96% 3.29% 1.87% 1976 0.95% -0.43% 1.55% 3.07% 3.28% 1.79% 1977 1.01% -0.23% 1.36% 3.17% 3.26% 1.76% 1978 1.06% -0.09% 1.34% 3.31% 3.20% 1.76% 1979 1.10% 0.04% 1.33% 3.51% 3.10% 1.77% 1980 0.96% 0.21% 1.25% 3.73% 2.98% 1.75% 1981 0.98% 0.15% 1.28% 3.91% 2.87% 1.75% 1982 0.95% -0.10% 1.47% 4.02% 2.78% 1.78% 1983 0.91% -0.26% 1.44% 4.08% 2.68% 1.76% 1984 0.87% -0.35% 1.31% 4.07% 2.57% 1.72% 1985 0.89% -0.22% 1.36% 3.99% 2.46% 1.73% 1986 0.92% 0.05% 1.49% 3.94% 2.34% 1.76% 1987 0.89% 0.15% 1.60% 3.84% 2.26% 1.78% 1988 0.91% 0.39% 1.61% 3.58% 2.28% 1.76% 1989 0.94% 0.77% 1.53% 3.12% 2.40% 1.73% 1990 1.13% 0.86% 1.47% 2.56% 2.60% 1.72% 1991 1.34% 0.73% 1.36% 1.95% 2.81% 1.64% 1992 1.39% 0.76% 1.23% 1.44% 2.98% 1.54% 1993 1.32% 0.66% 1.15% 1.15% 3.11% 1.53% 1994 1.23% 0.35% 1.13% 1.15% 3.18% 1.49% 1995 1.19% 0.29% 1.09% 1.34% 3.20% 1.49% 1996 1.16% 0.29% 1.05% 1.60% 3.21% 1.43% 1997 1.20% 0.15% 1.02% 1.78% 3.22% 1.42% 1998 1.17% 0.02% 0.96% 1.85% 3.20% 1.38% 1999 1.15% 0.06% 0.87% 1.78% 3.15% 1.34% 2000 1.11% 0.14% 0.79% 1.61% 3.07% 1.32% 2001 0.99% 0.17% 0.73% 1.43% 3.01% 1.28% 2002 0.93% 0.17% 0.67% 1.29% 2.94% 1.26% 2003 0.86% 0.06% 0.62% 1.20% 2.86% 1.24% 2004 0.93% -0.02% 0.59% 1.16% 2.75% 1.23% 2005 0.92% -0.06% 0.59% 1.16% 2.64% 1.21% 2006 0.96% -0.11% 0.56% 1.17% 2.51% 1.20% 2007 0.95% -0.13% 0.52% 1.17% 2.41% 1.19% 2008 0.95% -0.19% 0.51% 1.18% 2.40% 1.19% 2009 0.88% -0.25% 0.50% 1.21% 2.49% 1.18% 2010 0.83% -0.15% 0.48% 1.24% 2.65% 1.18% 2011 0.73% 0.03% 0.48% 1.28% 2.54% 1.18% 2012 0.74% -1.69% 0.49% 1.32% 2.54% 1.11%

And one more table, looking at population change since a given year:

United States Germany China Iran Iraq World 1960 76.2% 11.2% 104.9% 251.0% 357.6% 132.0% 1961 73.2% 10.4% 101.2% 242.1% 346.6% 132.0% 1962 70.4% 9.5% 103.3% 233.5% 335.5% 128.9% 1963 67.8% 8.6% 101.6% 225.0% 324.2% 125.0% 1964 65.4% 7.6% 96.8% 216.8% 312.7% 120.4% 1965 63.2% 6.7% 92.3% 208.7% 300.8% 116.0% 1966 61.2% 5.8% 87.8% 200.7% 288.7% 111.7% 1967 59.3% 4.9% 82.8% 193.0% 276.3% 107.3% 1968 57.6% 4.5% 78.2% 185.3% 263.9% 103.2% 1969 56.0% 4.0% 73.6% 177.9% 251.6% 99.1% 1970 54.5% 3.2% 69.0% 170.6% 239.7% 95.0% 1971 52.8% 2.8% 64.5% 163.5% 228.3% 91.0% 1972 50.8% 2.7% 60.1% 156.7% 217.5% 87.1% 1973 49.2% 2.2% 56.2% 149.9% 207.2% 83.4% 1974 47.8% 1.8% 52.7% 143.3% 197.3% 79.9% 1975 46.5% 1.8% 49.7% 136.5% 187.8% 76.5% 1976 45.1% 2.2% 47.1% 129.7% 178.6% 73.2% 1977 43.7% 2.6% 44.8% 122.9% 169.8% 70.2% 1978 42.3% 2.9% 42.9% 116.1% 161.3% 67.2% 1979 40.8% 3.0% 41.0% 109.1% 153.2% 64.3% 1980 39.2% 2.9% 39.1% 102.0% 145.6% 61.5% 1981 37.9% 2.7% 37.4% 94.8% 138.5% 58.7% 1982 36.6% 2.5% 35.7% 87.4% 131.8% 56.0% 1983 35.3% 2.6% 33.7% 80.2% 125.5% 53.2% 1984 34.1% 2.9% 31.8% 73.1% 119.6% 50.6% 1985 32.9% 3.3% 30.1% 66.4% 114.2% 48.0% 1986 31.7% 3.5% 28.3% 60.0% 109.0% 45.5% 1987 30.5% 3.4% 26.5% 53.9% 104.2% 43.0% 1988 29.4% 3.3% 24.5% 48.2% 99.7% 40.5% 1989 28.2% 2.9% 22.5% 43.1% 95.3% 38.1% 1990 27.0% 2.1% 20.6% 38.8% 90.7% 35.7% 1991 25.6% 1.2% 18.9% 35.3% 85.9% 33.4% 1992 23.9% 0.5% 17.3% 32.7% 80.8% 31.3% 1993 22.2% -0.3% 15.9% 30.8% 75.5% 29.3% 1994 20.7% -0.9% 14.6% 29.3% 70.2% 27.3% 1995 19.2% -1.3% 13.3% 27.9% 65.0% 25.5% 1996 17.8% -1.5% 12.1% 26.2% 59.9% 23.6% 1997 16.4% -1.8% 10.9% 24.2% 54.9% 21.9% 1998 15.1% -2.0% 9.8% 22.0% 50.1% 20.2% 1999 13.7% -2.0% 8.7% 19.8% 45.4% 18.5% 2000 12.4% -2.1% 7.8% 17.7% 41.0% 17.0% 2001 11.2% -2.2% 7.0% 15.8% 36.8% 15.4% 2002 10.1% -2.4% 6.2% 14.2% 32.8% 14.0% 2003 9.1% -2.5% 5.5% 12.8% 29.0% 12.6% 2004 8.2% -2.6% 4.8% 11.4% 25.4% 11.2% 2005 7.2% -2.5% 4.2% 10.1% 22.1% 9.8% 2006 6.2% -2.5% 3.6% 8.9% 18.9% 8.5% 2007 5.2% -2.4% 3.0% 7.6% 16.0% 7.2% 2008 4.2% -2.3% 2.5% 6.4% 13.3% 6.0% 2009 3.2% -2.1% 2.0% 5.1% 10.6% 4.7% 2010 2.3% -1.8% 1.5% 3.9% 7.9% 3.5% 2011 1.5% -1.7% 1.0% 2.6% 5.2% 2.3% 2012 0.7% -1.7% 0.5% 1.3% 2.5% 1.1%

For instance (if I’ve got my math right), since 1970, the US population has increased by 50%, Germany’s increased by 3%, Iraq’s has more than tripled, and the world population has nearly doubled.

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