After much hard work, we can announce one of our biggest ever new features; literally a whole new dimension for NationMaster.

Now you can walk back in time.

Here's how it works. Take a newly updated stat like number of telephone subscribers.

1. Select a year from the drop down box and the variable for that year. This shows all countries for the given year.

2. Click on the "..." to the right of the date for a particular country name. This brings up the country's value for the stat over time eg look at the growth in telephone subscribers over time in China. Or check out the growth in personal computers in the United States.

This is only available for newly added stats but there's certainly a lot of them to digest. We hope you like them.