Global Data

Global Data is a data page on the Global Intelligence desk of Glassbox Auditing. Published readings for any country from Our World in Data (income, health, energy and more), the Census Bureau's population outlook to 2100 and UNHCR's count of people displaced from each country. Population size and age set a country's workforce and demand for decades, and displacement shows where people are being forced out.

Last updated: 30 Dec 2025.

What is the latest reading?

United States of America: Population: 343.5M people as of 2023, +359.0% since 1900. Source: Our World in Data.

What is on this page today?

Sudan: 12.9 million people displaced at the end of 2025 — refugees 2.8 million · asylum seekers 940,297 · internally displaced 9.1 million (UNHCR, 30 Dec 2025)
Syrian Arab Rep.: 10.6 million people displaced at the end of 2025 — refugees 4.9 million · asylum seekers 154,355 · internally displaced 5.5 million (UNHCR, 30 Dec 2025)
Ukraine: 9.0 million people displaced at the end of 2025 — refugees 5.2 million · asylum seekers 26,583 · internally displaced 3.7 million (UNHCR, 30 Dec 2025)
Colombia: 7.5 million people displaced at the end of 2025 — refugees 79,669 · asylum seekers 303,273 · internally displaced 7.2 million (UNHCR, 30 Dec 2025)
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 7.0 million people displaced at the end of 2025 — refugees 1.2 million · asylum seekers 168,421 · internally displaced 5.7 million (UNHCR, 30 Dec 2025)

Where does the data come from?

Items on this page come from UNHCR. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.

What does this page lead to?

World Comparison (Immigration): Countries whose working-age populations are shrinking, such as Japan, Germany and South Korea, tend to admit more foreign workers to fill jobs. (moves the same way; years; global scale) Source: OECD International Migration Database (CC BY 4.0).
Border (Immigration): Large displacement from countries in the Americas, such as the nearly 8 million people who have left Venezuela, adds to asylum claims and encounters at the U.S. southern border. (moves the same way; months to years; global scale) Source: CBP nationwide encounters.
Labor Market (Macro): The U.S. population outlook sets how fast the labour force can grow; with births low, most of the projected growth comes from immigration. (moves the same way; years; economy scale) Source: U.S. Census Bureau International Database (population estimates and projections to 2100).
Economies & Debt (World Powers): An ageing population raises a country's pension and health spending as its workforce shrinks, which weighs on its budget and adds to its debt over decades, as in Japan. (moves the same way; decades; global scale) Source: World Bank World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Degrees & Colleges (Education): The number of 18-year-olds sets the pool of new college students; U.S. births have fallen since 2007, so fewer people reach college age from the mid-2020s, which tends to shrink enrollment at regional colleges. (moves the same way; years; sector scale) Source: U.S. Census Bureau International Database (population estimates and projections to 2100).

What feeds this page?

Organized Violence (Global Intelligence): Deadlier conflicts drive more people from their homes, which shows in UNHCR's counts of refugees and internally displaced people by origin country. (moves the same way; months to years; global scale) Source: Davies, Pettersson & Öberg, Organized violence 1989–2025 (Journal of Peace Research, 2026).