ABOUT

Where the numbers come from.

World Stats Live aggregates open data from international bodies, peer-reviewed datasets, OTAs and the live transport network. Every ticker is anchored to a public source — no estimates without provenance.

Data sources

12 primary sources · refreshed continuously

seed data

POPULATIONUN DESA · World Population Prospects POPULATIONWorldometer · live counters ECONOMYIMF · World Economic Outlook ECONOMYWorld Bank · Open Data TOURISMUN Tourism (UNWTO) · Barometer TOURISMACI World · Airport rankings CLIMATENOAA · Mauna Loa CO₂ CLIMATEGlobal Carbon Project CLIMATEWRI · Global Forest Watch FLIGHTSADS-B Exchange · live traffic HOTELSBooking · Agoda · Expedia (OTAs)BIODIVERSITYIUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Stack

How this site is built

FrontendNext.js 15 · React 19 · App Router

StylingTailwind v3 · CSS variables · radix primitives

DataMongoDB (read-only) · seed fallback

AuthSupabase (single-user allowlist)

HostingVercel · edge + node runtimes

Repogithub.com/flexappdev/wsl

METHODOLOGY

Tickers use a fixed epoch and a constant rate to extrapolate between refreshes — so the numbers you see are deterministic given a timestamp, not random. When a source publishes a new annual figure, we update the base and re-anchor.

Country profiles, top-lists and currencies are refreshed quarterly. Live currency and commodity prices are a stub today — wire-up to a free FX API is on the roadmap.

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FAQ

Are the live tickers actually live?

They're anchored to a known epoch and tick at the source's reported rate. The base values are refreshed from authoritative sources every few hours — between refreshes, what you see is a faithful extrapolation, not a guess.

How is the country list curated?

We start with the 195 UN-recognised states. Featured country profiles get a full data card (population, GDP, top stays, currency). The rest expand over time — open an issue on GitHub to request a country.

Where do the hotel prices come from?

Median nightly rate over the next 30 days, aggregated across Booking, Agoda and Expedia partner feeds. Prices update daily and exclude taxes / fees.

How do I get the underlying data?

Every collection is exposed read-only at /api (coming soon). Snapshots are also dumped weekly to the GitHub repo. For commercial use, get in touch.