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
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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Broadcasts
- Sat 30 Dec 202305:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sat 30 Dec 202311:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East only
- Sat 30 Dec 202316:50GMTBBC World Service News Internet
- Sun 31 Dec 202309:50GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa
- Sun 31 Dec 202311:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sun 31 Dec 202322:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- New Year's Day 202400:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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