New project:
A “Bar Chart Race” animation showing the changing ranks of the 10 biggest cities in the world since 1500.
Fascinating to watch giant cities vanish after falling in conquests, and amazing that three UK cities were in the top 8 in the late 1800s. pic.twitter.com/KglMZbYobr
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) 18 de marzo de 2019
Los datos utilizados hasta el año 1900 pertenecen al Centro de Datos y Aplicaciones Socioeconómicas (SEDAC) http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-hist-urban-pop-3700bc-ad2000
Después del año 1900 se fusionaron con datos de la ONU y Demographia.com sobre aglomeraciones urbanas. https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/global-city-population-estimates
For anyone wondering what happened to Vijayanagara (fell from 3rd to nowhere in 1565):
‘The Sultanate army reached Vijayanagara, looted, destroyed and burnt it to ruins over several months. Urban Vijayanagara was abandoned and remained in ruins ever since. It never recovered.’
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) 18 de marzo de 2019