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內容簡介 《經濟學人》雜誌「數」說人口統計及世界現況新鮮又顛覆的數字訊息，快速理解世界的脈動，絕對令你大呼驚奇25年來，由《經濟學人》雜誌所推出的《Pocket World in Figures》系列，早已成為人們快速理解世界近況不可或缺的必備書籍，內容涵蓋人口統計學、商業、政治、地理、文化等，全方面獲得最新奇的全球數字資訊：烏克蘭是全世界最平等的國家；塔克吉擁有全球最高的離婚率；摩納哥的市內電話數比人口數還多。2019年最新版本內容超過180個國家的調查，以一系列的排名和國家概況呈現。每年皆新增、修訂和擴增排名和新功能，還包括65個世界的主要經濟體及歐元區等詳細統計資料。當然新版中也少不了《經濟學人》最擅長的數據新聞學，以表格和圖像的方式輔助，邀請讀者一同透過世界排名小測驗，精準了解世界變化及各種小知識。For more than 25 years, Pocket World in Figures has been the indispensable handbook on the state of the world, covering demographics, industry, politics, geography, culture and more.Where else would you find out, in a single volume, that Ukraine is the most equal country on earth, that Tajikistan has the world's highest divorce rate or that Monaco, uniquely, has more telephone landlines than people?The new edition includes data from over 180 countries, presented in a series of rankings and country profiles. Updated, revised and expanded each year to include new rankings and features, it also includes detailed statistical profiles of more than 65 of the world's major economies, the euro area and the world itself.And, once again, the 2019 edition will showcase the Economist's strength in data journalism by including charts and graphs, and will invite readers to test their knowledge with its world rankings quiz."
