File:Population vs area.svg

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
## Population data from wikipedia.                                              
Pop = [33681000,1134000,61811,5110000,6600,3350400,13388910,52000,\
           79221000,107000,1185000,40135000,9863000,19522000,15757000,\
           23837000,25721000,506000,2053355,14027000,3767000,2985000,\
           6316000,45828172,3476608,16517532,6349000,2719000,2845000,\
           43739000,163000,57000,1475000,1500,33000,4312067,23580000,\
           89300,166649000,3170000,179000,546200,5743000,4599000,21075000,\
           1165040000,8629900,2067000,109000,39802000,48333000,6952000,\
           178000,71517100,28150000,849000,87000,3291000,523000,172000,\
           30800,2671000,65073482,9998000,5413548,9133000,29165000,6320000,\
           10000,84000,4821137,15263000,20000,8935000,111000,513000,\
           11204000,624000,3683000,6619000,3230100,10090000,46143700,\
           791000,104000,5336330,6420000,230330000,4422000,306664000,\
           9276509,88069000,23000,13010000,800,7602100,1288000,21496700,\
           18498000,10631800,48697000,1400,801600,35593,1409000,28200000,\
           12534000,22894000,32710000,127580000,15290000,191293104,3000,\
           48841,10069000,3454000,762000,4579000,491700,67000,86000,31000,\
           21906000,20000,154729000,13995000,162221000,400000,21809733,\
           70495782,34895000,6163000,10000,50,10474600,62000,16922000,\
           3982000,10741000,63389730,10033000,322100,7008900,5696000,\
           4382100,5515287,92226600,3572700,31491578,2171000,1611000,\
           98000,7719100,104000,80000,11206000,1340341,3361000,676000,\
           4224000,27488000,10327800,864000,65000,88000,67000,44952732,\
           8303000,33000,256000,19625000,60090400,697000,42272000,29331000,\
           412600,309000,520000,56000,15000,28359313,198000,7411500,\
           3761646,12935000,8356707,6732000,12523000,82062200,240000,\
           15571506,38130300,5073000,5482000,30747000,5900,23906000,\
           1339000,319326,2257300,10029900,9671900,7466000,109610000,\
           76762112,2048900,4839400,9850000,676000,61612300,11262500,\
           20238000,4432000,1950000,1331115200,141812991]
 
## Area data from wikipedia.                                                    
Area = [9984670,14874,78,488100,122,65300,181035,261,1104300,180,17364,\
            2780400,1098581,475442,274222,238533,2149690,4033,20273,108889,\
            51197,17818,89342,505992,111369,41543,406752,10991,309500,\
            945087,964,2166086,267668,260,1,270467,527968,116,881912,\
            28748,2831,29,120340,83600,322463,3287263,86600,30355,389,\
            580367,99678,143100,549,783562,652090,18274,464,1025520,28896,\
            539,61,1564100,632760,26338,49035,637657,1285216,236800,21,455,\
            323802,118484,236,112622,702,266000,109886,13812,342000,56785,\
            29743,48310,603500,741,747,338145,1759540,1904569,622984,\
            9629091,450295,331689,151,1240192,0,110879,2040,238391,\
            1246700,92090,1221037,12,9251,160,11586,329847,196722,801590,\
            241038,377915,1267000,8514877,12173,1393,245857,75517,214969,\
            51100,2586,199,468,6,185180,459,923768,283561,143998,5765,\
            7692024,1648195,2381741,21041,26,5,78867,181,756102,8870,30528,\
            513120,27750,22966,1108,71740,69700,43094,300000,33851,446550,\
            824292,36125,726,41284,344,572,1284000,45228,176215,28051,10400,\
            447400,163610,23200,54,442,751,1138914,27834,948,430,587041,\
            301318,38394,2505813,147181,316,298,163820,264,91,912050,800,\
            22072,6020,752618,83871,462840,390757,357022,12189,2724900,\
            312685,117600,199951,438317,102,120538,5130,103000,64589,93028,\
            208000,112492,1964375,1002000,25713,699,88361,2235,242900,\
            131957,65610,56594,582000,9639688,17098242]
 
Pop = np.array(Pop, dtype=np.float64)
Area = np.array(Area, dtype=np.float64)
 
plt.clf()
plt.figure(figsize=(4.5,7))
 
plt.axes([0.18,0.58,0.75,0.4])
plt.plot(Pop/1e6, Area/1e4, 'o', ms=4)
plt.xlabel("Population (1,000,000 people)")
plt.ylabel("Area (10,000 sq. km.)")
 
plt.axes([0.18,0.08,0.75,0.4])
plt.plot(np.log(1+Pop)/np.log(10), np.log(1+Area)/np.log(10), 'o', ms=4)
plt.xlabel("log10[Population (people)]")
plt.ylabel("log10[Area (sq. km.)]")
plt.savefig("population_vs_area.png")
plt.savefig("population_vs_area.svg")