import json from pygal.maps.world import World from pygal.style import LightColorizedStyle as LCS, RotateStyle as RS from country_codes import get_country_code # Load the data into a list. filename = 'population_data.json' with open(filename) as f: pop_data = json.load(f) # Build a dictionary of population data. cc_populations = {} for pop_dict in pop_data: if pop_dict['Year'] == '2010': country_name = pop_dict['Country Name'] population = int(float(pop_dict['Value'])) code = get_country_code(country_name) if code: cc_populations[code] = population # Group the countries into 3 population levels. cc_pops_1, cc_pops_2, cc_pops_3 = {}, {}, {} for cc, pop in cc_populations.items(): if pop < 10000000: cc_pops_1[cc] = pop elif pop < 1000000000: cc_pops_2[cc] = pop else: cc_pops_3[cc] = pop # See how many countries are in each level. print(len(cc_pops_1), len(cc_pops_2), len(cc_pops_3)) wm_style = RS('#336699', base_style=LCS) wm = World(style=wm_style) wm.force_uri_protocol = 'http' wm.title = 'World Population in 2010, by Country' wm.add('0-10m', cc_pops_1) wm.add('10m-1bn', cc_pops_2) wm.add('>1bn', cc_pops_3) wm.render_to_file('world_population.svg')