The European Union statistical office has an interesting article about the impact of demographic ageing within the European Union (EU). One of the data tables shows the breakdown of the population for ages 0-14, 15-64, and over 65. The chart above shows this breakdown by country for the 0-14 and 65+ brackets. It's interesting how Ireland is the youngest country by far.
I was reading in the news today that the Venezuelan economy is in real trouble, with inflation going through the roof and a lot of shortages even of the most basic products. It's sad that the country with one of the biggest oil reserves in the world is in such bad shape. The IMF publishes data about inflation, and even if the newest data is from 2014, you can see the upward trend.
Graph with the busiest airports in Europe based on passenger totals. Data from: Air Passenger Transport Statistics
Yesterday I did a nice bike ride from Berlin to Lake Wandlitz, located some 30 km north of the capital. The area is really beautiful, as you can see in this picture.
