Icelandic population by age, 1841–2019
Blue represents surplus male population and red surplus female population. Data: Statistics Iceland via Borgar Þorsteinsson
// Specify the chart's dimensions.
const width = 960;
const height = 500;
const marginTop = 20;
const marginRight = 30;
const marginBottom = 34;
const marginLeft = 0;
const delay = 250; // controls both the speed of the scrubber and the transition’s duration
const yearStep = 1;
const yearMin = d3.min(data, (d) => d.year);
// Construct the scales.
const x = d3.scaleBand()
.domain(Array.from(d3.group(data, (d) => d.age).keys()).sort(d3.ascending))
.range([width - marginRight, marginLeft]);
const y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, d3.max(data, (d) => d.value)])
.range([height - marginBottom, marginTop]);
const color = d3.scaleOrdinal()
.domain(["M", "F"])
.range(["#4e79a7", "#e15759"]);
// Create the SVG container.
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("viewBox", `0 0 ${width} ${height}`)
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("style", `max-width: 100%; height: auto;`);
// Add the axes.
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(0,${height - marginBottom})`)
.call(d3.axisBottom(x)
.tickValues(d3.ticks(...d3.extent(data, (d) => d.age), width / 40))
.tickSizeOuter(0))
.call((g) => g.append("text")
.attr("x", marginRight)
.attr("y", marginBottom - 4)
.attr("fill", "currentColor")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.text("← Age"));
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(${width - marginRight},0)`)
.call(d3.axisRight(y).ticks(null, "s"))
.call((g) => g.select(".domain").remove())
.call((g) => g.append("text")
.attr("x", marginRight)
.attr("y", 10)
.attr("fill", "currentColor")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Population ↑"));
const group = svg.append("g");
let rect = group.selectAll("rect");
display(svg.node());
function update(year) {
const dx = x.step() * (year - yearMin) / yearStep;
const t = svg.transition()
.ease(d3.easeLinear)
.duration(delay);
rect = rect
.data(data.filter((d) => d.year === year), (d) => `${d.sex}:${d.year - d.age}`)
.join(
(enter) => enter.append("rect")
.style("mix-blend-mode", "darken")
.attr("fill", (d) => color(d.sex))
.attr("x", (d) => x(d.age) + dx)
.attr("y", (d) => y(0))
.attr("width", x.bandwidth() + 1)
.attr("height", 0),
(update) => update,
(exit) => exit.call((rect) => rect.transition(t).remove()
.attr("y", y(0))
.attr("height", 0))
);
rect.transition(t)
.attr("y", (d) => y(d.value))
.attr("height", (d) => y(0) - y(d.value));
group.transition(t)
.attr("transform", `translate(${-dx},0)`);
}
const data = FileAttachment("data/icelandic-population.csv").csv({typed: true}).then(display);