This Map Shows Where in the World People Are Dying and Being Born

Every minute, about 107 people die in the world and roughly 240 infants are born. It's a breakneck dance of life and death that's pushing the planet's 7.1-billion population to a never-before-seen immensity, with impacts on civilization remaining a matter of supposition and worry.

It's tough to comprehend how large the human population is swelling. But data cruncher Brad Lyon gives us a good taste with this new visualization, "World Births and Deaths in Real-Time." The interactive map of the seven continents swarm with green and red bursts representing, respectively, the appearances of newborns and poor souls biting the dust. Try to watch it on a desktop browser for the best results, as pulling it up on a phone could bring on severe headaches.