Snapshots 2025

^{Big Talkers: World’s most spoken languages (native and non-native speakers worldwide, in millions)}

^{1. English - 1,456; 2. Mandarin Chinese - 1,138; 3. Hindi - 609; 4. Spanish - 559; 5. French - 310; 6. Standard Arabic - 274; 7. Bengali - 273; 8. Portuguese - 264; 9. Russian - 255; 10. Urdu - 232}

^{Source: Ethnologue.com, 2023; Figures Rounded}

^{Veggie Lovers: Cities with the most vegan restaurants per capita (selected countries)} 

^{City | Number of Vegan Restaurants per 100,000 inhabitants}

^{Phuket, Thailand 39.7; Chiang Mai, Thailand 29.0; Ubud, Indonesia 21.5; Lisbon, Portugal 9.3; Tel Aviv, Israel 8.9; Brighton, United Kingdom 8.6; Amsterdam, The Netherlands 8.4; Portland, OR 8.1}

^{Source: Statista, 2022}

^{Robots at Work: Number of industrial robots installed during 2021 (selected countries)} 

^{China 268,200; Japan 47,200; U.S. 35,000; S. Korea 31,100; Germany 23,800; Italy 14,100; Taiwan 9,600; France 5,900; Mexico 5,400; India 4,900}

^{Source: International Federation of Robotics (IFR) via AI Index} 

^{News Feeders: Share of adults who use social media as a source of news (selected countries)}

^{Nigeria 78%; Malaysia 74%; Philippines 70%; Peru 66%; Greece 61%; Singapore 58%; Türkiye 54%; Spain 50%; U.S. 48%; South Korea 45%; Germany 29%}

^{Sources: YouGov; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2023}

^{Hungry For More: Share of the population that says their nation’s biggest challenge is maintaining the food and water supply}

^{South Africa 54%; Mexico 40%; Brazil 33%; Russia 28%; U.S. 27%; Spain 22%; U.K. 22%; France 20%; Germany 17%}

^{Source: Statista’s Global Consumer Survey, 2022}

^{Fleeing Home: Countries with the most children displaced by weather-related disasters, 2016-21 (in millions)}

^{Philippines 9.7; India 6.7; China 6.4; Bangladesh 3.3; Somalia 1.7; U.S. 1.7; Ethiopia 1.3; Indonesia 1.0}

^{Source: UNICEF, 2023}