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A Real-Time Map of Births and Deaths
In 1950, there were 2.5 billion humans. Today there are just over 7 billion. In another 30 years, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections, there will be more than 9 billion. Brad Lyon has a doctoral degree in mathematics and does software development. He wanted to make those numbers visual.
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Wow! That's creepy.
Really makes you think about the amount of time we have on this rock. Creepy indeed.
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Our time here,don't blink your eyes! Great post!
This is just a simulation right?
Right. It based on randomly generated data for each country.
Of course, I can't see any way of them connecting it to a live database or anything like that.