It's hard to believe how much the world has transformed in the past decade — but our handy infographic tells the whole story. Click to enlarge! So what's changed? Technology has gotten unimaginably smaller and better — just look at the differences between an iMac in 2000 and an iPhone in 2010. (See here for a similar comparison.) The world's population has grown, and for the first time more people live in cities than in rural areas.