Human Progress Time Capsule

How Much Brighter Has the World Gotten Since You Were Born?

Headlines rarely report gradual triumphs. Select your birth year below to see how global life expectancy, literacy, clean energy, and human survival have transformed during your lifetime.

Days on Earth11,323
Solar Journey29,140M km
Heartbeats~1141M
Breaths Taken~245M
Since 1995

How Humanity Progressed During Your 31 Years

Global Life Expectancy
+11.0 years

Rose from 62.4 yrs in 1995 to 73.4 yrs globally today.

Global Adult Literacy
74% → 87.5%

Nearly 9 out of 10 adults on Earth can now read and write, the highest share in human history.

Extreme Poverty Decline

Dropped from ~31% of humanity in 1995 to under 9% today

Clean Energy Revolution

120× more solar & wind clean energy capacity worldwide today

Breakthrough of Your Birth Era

First Exoplanet Orbiting a Sun-Like Star (51 Pegasi b) Discovered

Astronomers proved that planets orbit other stars; since 1995, humanity has discovered over 5,600 exoplanets.

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