Infographics
The following infographics provide background information on population trends, environmental impacts, and quality of life issues from around the world and here in the U.S. These data visualizations can all be downloaded as easy to print/share PDFs or as image files that are simple to add to any format of virtual presentation.
Global environmental & social infographic collection
Data visualizations on global environmental and social trends shaping our world today and over time
Percentage of children in low income countries with access to health indicators over time.
Earth graphics display human's growing global footprint from 1968 to 1993 to 2018.
How energy sources need to change by 2050 for Earth to stay below 2 degrees C warming.
Forest loss in Indonesia and the Brazilian Amazon as a percentage of 1970s forest remaining in 2020.
Display of the UN's population projections to 2100 including the high, medium, and low fertility variants
Number of people living in urban areas vs rural areas starting in 1950 and projected to 2050.
Historic consumption levels, per capita and total, of meat and paper products.
Percentage of people living experiencing water scarcity from 1910 to 2010.
Number of coastal and ocean "dead zones" from the 1960s through 2010.
Historic growth in the number of cities with over 1 million residents from 1960 to 2030.
Comparison graphs of three coral reefs' shrinking size over recent 30 year period.
Three real-world pyramids compare different shapes and different growth rates.
Line graph shows the number of undernourished people in the world from 1990 to 2016.
Table of demographic, wealth, resource and impact indicators compare 1968 with 2018.
Comparison of energy used per capita in high, medium, and low income countries.
Number of people living in urban areas vs rural areas starting in 1950 and projected to 2050.
United States' demography infographic collection
Data visualizations on demographic trends in the United States today and through history
Average number of children per woman in the U.S. from 1800 to 2018.
Average number of people per house and average house size in the U.S., 1790-2019.
Visual display of household wealth in the U.S. - the top 1% holds 32% of wealth.
Line graph displays the number of immigrants to the U.S. by home region over time.
U.S. population from its founding in 1790, to present, and projected U.S. growth through 2050.
Unites States' population pyramid, or age structure diagram, for the 2020 population.