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March 06, 2007
Cool new Google tool
The name Gapminder for Google's new tool doesn't do anything for me but the tool is very cool. Basically it lets you look graphically at demographic data (where it is available) for a very large number of countries over the last 30 years or so. Can choose which countries to plot and what statistic to show. The coolest thing is to choose the stats on the axes and the countries in the right sidebar and then drag the time slider to the beginning and hit play - it shows the track over time of the chosen stats.
An interesting example is Vietnam with Fertility Rate vs Life Expectancy. In a single generation, the fertility rate has gone from the incredibly high 6 to around 1.8 (under replacement rate) while over the same period life expectancy has increased from 45 to 70 years.
Posted by aarondf at March 6, 2007 02:21 PM
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