Numbers of the year 2023
Hand-picked stats on energy, population and first division football that tell you something interesting about the world.
Each year we ask some of our favourite statistically-minded people for their numbers of the year. Here they are - from the population of India to the results of a first division football match.
Contributors:
Hannah Ritchie, Our World in Data
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University
Timandra Harkness, writer and comedian
Rob Eastaway, maths author
Presenter: Charlotte McDonald
Series Producer: Tom Colls
Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill
Editor: Richard Vadon
(Picture: Colourful numbers on blue background
Credit: Tanja Ivanova / Getty Images)
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