Five charts to start your day

When it comes to billion-plus populations we all know about India and China. Nevertheless, China faces a potential demographic crisis owing to their harsh one-child policy, which they only relinquished in 2016. India will also eventually see its natural population decline.

But keep your eye on Nigeria. It is the most populous country in Africa, with a young and growing population. It is also rich in natural resources, including oil, gas, and minerals. Nigeria's economy is growing rapidly, and it is projected to become one of the largest economies in the world by the end of the century.

That’s what today’s first chart is about – it’s an animated data visualisation which I published last night. As always, the first chart is free. If you want to see the other five charts I’ve been looking at, consider becoming a paid subscriber.

Coming up:

1. 500 years of population growth in India, China and Nigeria

2. 10-year US Treasury yields since 1850 reveal an interesting Fed history

3. Chinese exports to Kyrgyzstan have shot through the roof since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

4. Higher spending on petroleum often precedes recessions according to Bloomberg

5. UK inflation is expected to accelerate for the first time in six months

So let’s begin…

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1. 500 years of population growth in India, China and Nigeria

If you would like to know where I got the dataset for this data visualisation, I found it on Our World in Data. It’s free to download and you can find population data going back a whopping 10,000BC for many countries around the world.