200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

The presenter stands inside the chart and walks the data forward. Motion carries the trend while the narration carries the caveats, which is a division of labour most animated charts forget.

Played here from YouTube, which is where it was published.

By
Hans Rosling, BBC · 2010
Where
Video & social · Global development
Form
Video · to teach
Visual
Movement, Position, Area, Colour
Data
Gapminder
Original

The chart types behind it