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Correlation of urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters and urban land area by region

Updated: 72d ago

This scatter chart displays urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) against urban land area (km²). The data is about regions.

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This chart uses 2 fields, including filters:

  • Urban Land Area (km²): Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.
  • Urban Population Living In Areas Where Elevation Is Below 5 Meters (% of total population): Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

This chart is based on data from: World Bank.

This chart can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license.