Way to go Homo sapiens. We're awesome. We've managed to procreate ourselves into seven billion people (cue FF7 victory fanfare; bask in it while you read on after the break).
This confirmation of our humanly awesomeness comes to us from the UN, and guess what: The Guardian commissioned the Spanish design house Bestiario to make an awesome data visualization, about where we've been and where we're going. Hint: I hope you like roti and Afrobeat.
Have fun playing with this data and try not to think about the smug look on that bastard Thomas Malthus's face (though I'm reasonably sure he's been dead awhile) or the rising food prices you've been hearing about.
By the way, if you're interested in messing around with this data on your own, The Guardian kindly provides it.
