DS-009Population & DevelopmentGlobalHISTORICAL DATA
World Bank
World Development Indicators
World development indicators
Long-run cross-country data on population, poverty, education, energy, trade, and the environment: a dependable foundation for data stories.
“Which countries expanded electricity or education before income began to rise?”
UPDATE
Annual / quarterly
COVERAGE
1960s–present · 200+ economies
ACCESS
No API key
LICENSE SUMMARY
Open data · attribution required
AVAILABLE FORMATS
JSON · XML · CSV
LICENSE
World Bank-produced open data defaults to CC BY 4.0; indicator exceptions may apply
ATTRIBUTION
Credit the World Bank and dataset, include access date, and indicate translations or changes.
PRE-PUBLISH CHECK
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