I can't remember how I found this talk over the last week, but I finally got around to watching it. The video is about historical world country data, health, poverty, etc and is worth spending the time to watch. Hans Rosling puts the data in a visual context that is compelling and the guy is quite entertaining. The first talk is over a year old, but I recommend watching the 2006 talk first since its better and he goes a bit more granular on the data.
2006 TED Talk
2007 TED Talk. you can make this one full screen by clicking a button in the top right.
He also started a foundation to create a way to compile and present the data that is out there about world issues called GapMinder. Funny enough it was recently bought by Google. heres the site, GapMinder, and the tool is called GapMinder World 2006 which is pretty cool to play with.
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