This page shows the population growth for the largest cities in the world from 1950 to 2050 (estimated). The size of the area on
the map reflects the size of the specific city. The table on the right shows the largest cities at the specified time.
For more information on how this was created look on
www.smartjava.org.
You can increase the rotate speed left by using 'a' and to the
right by using 's'. If you press 'p' the globe will stop rotating. To restart the animation from the beginning
just refresh the page. To view this animation you need a modern browser. This was tested using the latest versions of firefox, chrome and opera.
This map is based on open data. The earth map is based on a download from
the Nasa Earth observatory. The population growth information
was downloaded from
Nordpil. They
provide a nice downloadable package based on information from the
UN. This visualization
was mainly created using Three.js and some canvas animations.