Highcharts Configuration Preview
// Data gathered from http://populationpyramid.net/germany/2015/
// Age categories
var categories = [
'0-4', '5-9', '10-14', '15-19',
'20-24', '25-29', '30-34', '35-39', '40-44',
'45-49', '50-54', '55-59', '60-64', '65-69',
'70-74', '75-79', '80-84', '85-89', '90-94',
'95-99', '100 + '
];
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'bar'
},
title: {
text: 'Population pyramid for Germany, 2018'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: <a href="http://populationpyramid.net/germany/2018/">Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100</a>'
},
accessibility: {
point: {
valueDescriptionFormat: '{index}. Age {xDescription}, {value}%.'
}
},
xAxis: [{
categories: categories,
reversed: false,
labels: {
step: 1
},
accessibility: {
description: 'Age (male)'
}
}, { // mirror axis on right side
opposite: true,
reversed: false,
categories: categories,
linkedTo: 0,
labels: {
step: 1
},
accessibility: {
description: 'Age (female)'
}
}],
yAxis: {
title: {
text: null
},
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return Math.abs(this.value) + '%';
}
},
accessibility: {
description: 'Percentage population',
rangeDescription: 'Range: 0 to 5%'
}
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
stacking: 'normal'
}
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function () {
return '<b>' + this.series.name + ', age ' + this.point.category + '</b><br/>' +
'Population: ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(Math.abs(this.point.y), 1) + '%';
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Male',
data: [
-2.2, -2.1, -2.2, -2.4,
-2.7, -3.0, -3.3, -3.2,
-2.9, -3.5, -4.4, -4.1,
-3.4, -2.7, -2.3, -2.2,
-1.6, -0.6, -0.3, -0.0,
-0.0
]
}, {
name: 'Female',
data: [
2.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6,
2.9, 3.2, 3.1, 2.9, 3.4,
4.3, 4.0, 3.5, 2.9, 2.5,
2.7, 2.2, 1.1, 0.6, 0.2,
0.0
]
}]
});