Outlook

Where and on how much money the world lives

by Mick Weinstein|Published June 29, 2011

Here’s an amazing new infographic from National Geographic that maps income levels on top of world population densities. In a glance you can see where humans live on earth and at what wealth level. Click through for the full thing, plus more demographic information (on pages 2-4) broken down by income level:

Source: “The World of Seven Billion” NationalGeographic.com, retrieved 6/29/11, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/age-of-man/map-interactive

AUTHOR

Mick Weinstein

Mick is the Head of Editorial for Covestor, a financial journalist and online content specialist. Prior to joining Covestor, Mick was for five years the Editor in Chief and VP Content at stock market analysis website Seeking Alpha, where he built the editorial function as the site attracted over 3.5 million unique monthly visitors and developed an innovative platform for intelligent stock market discussion. Mick is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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