I am seeking a chart that plots global population (y-axis) versus gdp per capital (x-axis). Anyone seen this?

Question

This can be a powerful reminder to people that we, in the developed world, live in a small castle surrounded by vast shanty towns. I'm sure this chart exists somewhere. Most (who take to the time to think of this thing in the first palce) imagine this chart would look like a bell curve, when in fact it looks like a power-law curve.

Two problems with this chart, as I see it:

1) Resolution. Cambodia lists as 13MM people living on $1200 per year, for example. In fact, most Cambodians live on less than $400 per year, with a small group that are very wealthy. So a good graph should be based on data that includes some intra-country break-out.

2) GDP per capita versus PPP-adjusted GDP per capita. Ideally, the graph will show the latter.

Whoops - make that GDP per capita

Whoops - make that GDP per capita

Answer 1

See the Gdp nominal and ppp 2005 world map single colour. in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gdp_nominal_and_ppp_2005_world_map_single_colour.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product

Answer 2

Such a graph would be useless unless it listed population specific to nations and per cap GDP for each nation. Otherwise, you're not doing an apples-to-apples.

You can easily plot this by pulling up GDP stats and population stats for the same time period. Set up a 4-column Excel sheet, with the nation's name in the 1st, GDP in the 2nd, population in the 3rd, and in the 4th column an equation whose result is the ratio of GDP to population (2nd:3rd).

You'll then pull a graph plotting X,Y coordinates. This should give you a roughly inverse relationship.

Answer 3

The CIA has a "world fact book" this is fantastic and you will want to make the site on your favorite list.
Great information about every country and all items
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Answer 4

I think you are right.