Visualization: national geo income x population

Is red bigger than blue, or smaller? Heat maps have problems. 

covestor:

Here’s an amazing new graphic from National...

covestor:

Here’s an amazing new graphic from National Geographic that maps income levels on top of world population densities. In a glance you can see where humans live on earth and at what wealth level. Click through for the full thing, plus more demographic information (on pages 2-4) broken down by income level: (via Where and on how much money the world lives ‐ Covestor)

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