Learn how inequality is measured, who produces key databases, and what the data tells us.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/we-published-a-new-topic-page-on-economic-inequality"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/8572fbf8-1c9c-4176-a865-12735e86a000/w=1024"/></a>

Explore how populations are distributed across settlement types, which cities are growing fastest, what living conditions in urban areas look like, and much more.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/we-have-a-new-urbanization-topic-page"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/a57ed482-5955-4a15-01c2-fc5092c4ac00/w=1024"/></a>

Almost all countries have ended large-scale forced labor, often surprisingly recently.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/slavery"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/fd9c3fb5-e863-48e5-d6df-a67fbf9e5000/w=1024"/></a>

What share of the world is religious, and how is this changing? Explore global data and research on trends in religiosity.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/religion"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d55e9c17-481a-4aab-81f7-3ee627dce800/w=1024"/></a>