All Births and Deaths in 2021 Visualized With Dots

Each dot in the video represents either 1000 births or 1000 deaths. Over the course of the video, they sum to the over 130 million people born in 2021, and the 69 million who died.

Data from UN World Population Prospects. Placement of dots is based on countries, placement within countries is random.

Towards the end, there are maps that show which countries that have more births than deaths, and vice versa, as well as the top 10 countries with the most excess births and deaths,.

01:44 Top 10 lists

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Music: Forever Sunset - City Lights, City Dreams from Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com).