2026-04-26 · premature deaths linked to air pollution (annual)
Air pollution kills millions yearly
Fine particulates from coal, traffic, and dust shorten lives — mostly in Asia.
Demography grids make every person (or belief group) the same square size — density is shown by count, not by bigger blocks. This grid divides air-pollution mortality (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Asia-Pacific, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 8,000 premature deaths linked to air pollution (annual) (0.1% of air-pollution mortality) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Air pollution put Asia-Pacific at 65% of air-pollution mortality and Asia & Pacific at 18.2% — about 8 million premature deaths linked to air pollution (annual) in this edition's rounding.
IHME / WHO ~8M deaths; Asia majority of PM₂.₅ burden.
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-04-26-pm25-deaths