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Link to a source would be nice.
Seems interesting, but without a source it's just noise.
John Bistline, whose name appears on the bottom right, posted this chart to Twitter.
There's a pretty similar data series charted at ourworldindata.
Looks like FT to me. Also there are citations in the fine prints.