Special Reports

Image: on elperiodicodesaltillo.comWhen you read this letter, we will be exactly one month away from the presidential elections. After the second debate, in which Xóchitl looked much better than...

Graph and data: on bea.govReal gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2024, according to the “advance” estimate. In...

Graph and Data: on visualcapitalist.comThis infographic shows the number of AI-related patents granted each year from 2010 to 2022 (the latest data available). The figures come from the Center...

Image and Data: on Visualcapitalist.comThe top 10 EV battery manufacturers by total battery deployment (measured in megawatt-hours) in 2023. The data is from EV Volumes.Chinese DominanceContemporary Amperex Technology Co....

Image: on state.govExecutive SummaryThere were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Mexico during the year.Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary killings,...

Graph: on ourworldindata.org1950#CountryPopulation(1950)WorldShare2023Rank1China543,979,23321.8 %(2)2India357,021,10014.3 %(1)3United States148,281,5505.9 %(3)4Russia102,580,1074.1 %(9)5Japan84,353,0493.4 %(12)6Germany70,964,0952.8 %(19)7Indonesia69,567,6192.8 %(4)8Brazil53,955,3592.2 %(7)9United Kingdom50,055,0652 %(21)10Italy46,391,9381.9 %(25)11France41,842,3551.7 %(23)12Bangladesh39,728,5351.6 %(8)13Pakistan37,696,2641.5 %(5)14Ukraine37,302,9961.5 %(41)15Nigeria37,189,3691.5 %(6)16Spain28,069,6941.1 %(32)17Mexico27,600,1331.1 %(10)18Vietnam25,109,2001 %(16)19Poland24,786,2361 %(37)20Egypt21,150,0580.8 %(14)Data: on worldometers.info2023#CountryPopulation(2023)YearlyChangeWorldShare1India1,428,627,6630.81 %17.8 %2China1,425,671,352-0.02...