Sweden faced heavy criticism during COVID-19 because we never introduced lockdowns or other enforcing regulations. Instead we had a hear-immunity strategy where face masks were optional (but recommended) and were many people still commuted to work as usual. It turns out that

Excess Mortality from 2020 Jan to 2024 Dec #dataviz #datavisualization

How does education affect believes? 🤔 Data from World Values Survey #WorldValuesSurvey #Religion #Education

The years of reduced travel: During Covid, we traveled less. Now we travel more than ever. Source: datacanvas.substack.com/p/covids-impac…

Excess mortality in the EU during the Covid years was 12 per cent. This means we've seen 12 per cent more deaths than we would've statistically expected. The Swedish approach wasn't as lackadaisical as we make it out to be. Targeted protection of the elderly saw super high

What happens to life expectancy at birth during genocides? Oscar Leo visualizes the most horrific events in human history in a simple chart. Source: datacanvas.substack.com/p/life-expecta…

Great demography trivia to annoy your friends with: By 2050 India will be one United States bigger than China. Source: datacanvas.substack.com/p/india-is-out…

Victims of fatal traffic accidents in the US by age and gender. Dying on the road remains male dominated. Old people with slower reaction times and testosterone-fueled young men appear to be the biggest groups. Source: datacanvas.substack.com/p/fatal-traffi…

Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US: Which Europeans can expect to live longer than Americans? #Datavisualization #Health #Europe

I tried to squeeze in as much information about casualties from armed conflict as possible into a single chart. Let me know what you think! datacanvas.substack.com/p/armed-confli… #datavisualization

Comparing the Populations of #Africa and #Europe (1900-2100) #Datavisualization

Average Annual #Salary for #OECD Countries (in US$, Constant Prices, PPP Converted) #Datavisualization

Comparing #Salary percentiles for #OECD countries. #Datavisualization

This data doesn’t account for positions, age, and so on. It’s still interesting to see just how much the median age for women and men differ in countries like South Korea or Japan. #Wage #Gender #Datavisualization

Plotting birth rates for European countries in Eurostat #Map #Datavisualization

Median Age Extremes: Japan and the Central African Republic Have the Oldest and Youngest Populations — But They Shared the Same Median Age in 1950 #Datavisualization #demography #population

Here's how Qatar’s population pyramid changed from 1950 to 2023. Spoiler alert: It explodes in 2005 as the influx of foreign workers takes off Full story with additional charts: datacanvas.substack.com/p/qatar-gender… #Datavisualization #Qatar #Gender #Population

This chart shows how South Korea’s age distribution has changed since 1950, including UN projections until 2100. There could be more South Koreans above 90 than below 20. Full story: datacanvas.substack.com/p/south-korea-…

Europe🇪🇺 needs a robust demographic, immigration and social policy in order to compete with the other continents. We need to become more, younger and healthier. This is important for our common prosperity and progress. datacanvas.substack.com/p/comparing-th…

How the importance of religion has shifted worldwide from 2004 to 2022 datacanvas.substack.com/p/religion-and…