Can I use this data commercially?

The derived dataset is CC BY 4.0, so yes, with attribution. The underlying sources are CC BY 3.0 IGO and CC BY 4.0, both of which permit commercial use with attribution.

Are your figures UN-published statistics?

No. Values aggregated and derived by Eighth Billion are our own; the sources are named and the derivations are shown on the page that displays them.

How often is the data updated?

When the UN or the World Bank publishes a new release. Every update is recorded in the changelog with the version it replaces, and archived lives keep the data version they were played under.

Data, sources and licences

Data

Every number on this site comes from one of two sources: the UN World Population Prospects 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO) and the World Bank World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). The derived dataset is published under CC BY 4.0 with checksums, and can be downloaded in full.

Derived figures in this dataset are published under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Eighth Billion (2026). Eighth Billion dataset v1, derived from UN WPP 2024 and World Bank WDI."

Data current as of October 25, 2026

This build

Dataset version: WPP2024.1
Rules version: v1
Engine version: 1.0.0
Retrieved: October 25, 2026
WDI last updated: October 8, 2026

Sources

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

World Bank. World Development Indicators. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved October 8, 2026.

Cause-of-death shares originate with WHO and are redistributed by the World Bank under CC BY 4.0. We use the redistributed series, not the WHO database directly.

World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
CC BY 3.0 IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
World Development Indicators
World Bank
CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Coverage

How many of the 237 locations have a published value for each indicator. A missing value is never replaced with zero.

Coverage
Indicator	Locations
lex	237 / 237
q5	237 / 237
q0040	237 / 237
q0060	237 / 237
urbanShare	216 / 237
internet	209 / 237
gniPpp	199 / 237
maternalMortality	194 / 237
roadDeath	190 / 237
schoolUpperSecondary	189 / 237
agriEmployment	186 / 237
tertiaryEnrolment	174 / 237
homicide	168 / 237
tobacco	166 / 237
gini	158 / 237

Downloads

Dataset metadata

Versions, sources, coverage, and the SHA-256 of every emitted file.

Download JSON

All countries (CSV)

One row per location with the reference-year value of every headline indicator.

Download CSV

Effect register

Every choice with a sourced mortality effect, its citation, and its per-country magnitude.

Download JSON

Per-country JSON

The full record for one location, including the 1950–2023 series.

/data/v1/countries/{iso3}.json

Indicator series

One file per indicator, all locations, reference year.

Licence and attribution

Derived figures in this dataset are published under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: "Eighth Billion (2026). Eighth Billion dataset v1, derived from UN WPP 2024 and World Bank WDI."

Reproduce this block wherever the data or a figure derived from it is published.

Three cause-of-death indicators reach us through the World Bank's redistribution of WHO data. The World Bank's CC BY 4.0 grant covers its redistribution; it does not make WHO's own database openly licensed. We therefore use the redistributed series and do not query WHO directly.

Eighth Billion (2026). Eighth Billion dataset v1, derived from UN WPP 2024 and World Bank WDI. https://lifein8billion.com/data

Checksums

The SHA-256 of every emitted file is published in the metadata file. Re-running the build on the same inputs produces byte-identical output.

/data/v1/meta.json: 85aac22ee3575adb50275692145aee434885aff6d3348af2b6866197a12677f8
/data/v1/countries.csv: 1f5c1dbf637879252c4efc4ee523a12e80ef830e2194ebb4247ef11eaa5a866e
/data/v1/effects.json: 3f937d500141e7b07f7ddbf372794e3340f5716e5abc5ad9c29cb50c4247ae97
/data/v1/indicators/life-expectancy.json: 9f18af61f7e8a77752fa21b35ac70feae935810d7bb6047ca5a1ee81267b4d7e
/data/v1/indicators/under-5-mortality.json: f14affe008a45b5363666e7b655e39cc7f4a3f9d263d40c683957a875da73363
/data/v1/indicators/births.json: 45e9808b1c8303168b2af445c684c0f65f2c5867ebfc4710cf7579fc75da1616
/data/v1/indicators/population.json: 9fa7b27e7542e9d0fc21f9031cbef400dbbdf4809061a8031070dbca69826bcc
/data/v1/indicators/fertility.json: bd29e6d71167941b79786ea18531a25ebc5675998079715748db8506675cd8ca
/data/v1/indicators/urban-share.json: b1aa68a665b8b8a8f02799711b84a79d156ffb46ecf263736531644eb787f75a
/data/v1/indicators/gni-ppp.json: 8cd380403492029dd8dc2bd1bbc2336b6f5a9827c298d1dd9746797783afa6a2

Questions this page answers

Can I use this data commercially?: The derived dataset is CC BY 4.0, so yes, with attribution. The underlying sources are CC BY 3.0 IGO and CC BY 4.0, both of which permit commercial use with attribution.
Are your figures UN-published statistics?: No. Values aggregated and derived by Eighth Billion are our own; the sources are named and the derivations are shown on the page that displays them.
How often is the data updated?: When the UN or the World Bank publishes a new release. Every update is recorded in the changelog with the version it replaces, and archived lives keep the data version they were played under.

Data

Be born All 237 countries

Data current as of October 25, 2026