About
The world's facts, beautifully mapped
Factlas turns open data about every country into a map you want to look at – and then lets you dig deeper, compare and discover.
Map & timeline
Pick a metric, press play, watch a century unfold.
History
Empires and borders from 1500, 1,000+ events.
Country profiles
Every number for a country, with its rank.
Compare
Up to five countries side by side.
Play
Quick games that sharpen your sense of the world.
Export
Images, videos and data to share.
Reading the map
- Colors
- A country's standing among all countries in that year; the legend shows the values.
- Hatching
- No data. Values are carried forward for up to five years and say so.
- Links
- The address bar always holds your view – share it as it is.
Open data, clearly sourced
163 metrics from 73 institutional sources, all openly licensed. Every number links to its source; automated checks and a public corrections log keep us honest. Freshness and coverage per metric: Data status.
All sources and licenses
- World Bank – World Development Indicators · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms of use)
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms of use)
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms of use)
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms of use)
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms of use)
- Our World in Data · Copernicus licence (contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information)
- Our World in Data · Copernicus licence (contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information)
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0
- Our World in Data · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0
- GeoBenchMap curated facts · CC0 1.0
- ParlGov · CC0 1.0
- Natural Earth · borders, capitals, rivers, lakes, mountains · public domain
- historical-basemaps by André Ourednik · political map 1500–2010; our simplified, projected derivatives under /geo/history are likewise GPL-3.0
- Wikidata · events, World Heritage, Nobel prizes, Olympic medals, World Cups, peaks and rivers · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia · event summaries, loaded when you open an event · CC BY-SA 4.0
- NOAA ETOPO 2022 · terrain and ocean depth · public domain
- flag-icons · flags · MIT (flags: public domain)
Borders follow Natural Earth's de facto view; disputed areas are shown without data and imply no endorsement.
What's next
Factlas is an early beta. On the list:
- Population forecasts to 2100
- Presidential elections and more countries' results
- Daily challenges and new games
- Your own formulas: per capita, per km², ratios
- Regions and cities
Missing a metric or have an idea?
Made by one person
Factlas is a one-person side project with far more ideas than time. It is free, with no ads and no tracking cookies, and it will stay that way. If you enjoy it and want to chip in for servers and data, a coffee is very welcome – but never expected.