Archive for the 'World' Category

Stock Market & World GDP Statistical Data Sculptures

Published on January 11, 2009 in Financial markets, GDP, Sculpture and World. Closed

The piece consists of two layers: the lower half is a mapping of the
world’s GDP and the top half is a mapping of the derivatives volume,
alloted to the coordinates of the countries on a map.

Sculpture found via infomation aesthetics

Popularity: 4% [?]

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World Population: 2000

Published on September 21, 2008 in Choropleth Map, Population and World. 3 Comments

One of several maps showing territories re-sized according different variables. More maps can be found at WorldMapper run by SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). The map below displays the population in 2000.

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US Population Ancestry magnifying glass

[tags]World, Population[/tags]

Popularity: 3% [?]

Does Higher Income Increases Happiness?

Published on April 17, 2008 in Choropleth Map, GDP per Capita, Income - Average, Median, Income - Inequality, Distribution, Scatter plot and World. 6 Comments

From the New York Times

IRS Top 400 magnifying glass

[tags]Happiness, United States, Income[/tags]

Popularity: 25% [?]

Share of GDP: China, India, Japan, Latin America, Western Europe, United States

Published on January 20, 2008 in Angus Maddison, Bar Chart, China, GDP, India, Japan, Latin America, United States, Western Europe and World. 17 Comments

After coming across this graph about the share of world GDP (China, India, and US), I started to wonder what was the percentage back to 1500? The graph below shows the share of GDP over the last 500 years for China, India, Japan, Latin America, Western Europe, and United States. (Keep in mind that the change in population size will effect the size of the GDP)

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Population growth since 1500 magnifying glass

Data estimates for GDP from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.

See also:
Last 2,000 years of growth in world income and population

[tags]GDP, China, India, Japan, Latin America, United States, Western Europe[/tags]

Popularity: 78% [?]

Share of Population Growth: China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, United States

Published on January 13, 2008 in Africa, Angus Maddison, Bar Chart, China, India, Latin America, Population, United States, Western Europe and World. 9 Comments

Here, I have graphed the percent of world population over the last 500 years for China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, and United States. This is a companion graph to Comparing Population Growth: China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, United States

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Population growth since 1500 magnifying glass

See also:
China: 2,000 Years of Income and Population Growth
Last 2,000 years of growth in world income and population

Data estimates for population from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.

[tags]population, China, India, Africa, Latin America, United States, Western Europe[/tags]

Popularity: 21% [?]

World GDP Density Map

Published on January 5, 2008 in Choropleth Map, GDP, Income - Inequality, Distribution and World. 5 Comments

I found this map of the world’s GDP Density via an Econbrowser post referencing an 1999 paper by John Gallup, Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Mellinger.
GDP Density = GDP per capita * Number of people per square kilometer.
The darker the colors, the higher the GDP density.

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GDP Density magnifying glass

[tags]population, income, World, GDP Density[/tags]

Popularity: 38% [?]