Visualizing migration flows

September 7th, 2011Carlo Zapponi

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World Bank Open Data

more than 215 million people

more than 215 million people, 3% of the world population

more than 215 million people, 3% of the world population, live outside their countries of birth

people moveshowing the migration flows across the world

map viewI started with a visualization of flows over a map

flow diagraminspiration from Sankey diagrams

people movinmigration flows across the world

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peoplemovin is

from left to rightsource countries are on the left, destinations are on the right

verticalcountries are shown as bars vertically placed in alphabetical order

coloredthe “hotter” the color, the larger the flow

interactiveclicking on the bars shows outgoing/incoming flows

playfulthe user can navigate from country to country following the flows

HTML5it runs on the latest browsers, on iPad and iPhone and Android

Sources

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.The World Bank Open Data

.Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011

.US Census Bureau, International Database

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some facts

United Statesis the top migrant destination with almost 43 millions immigrants

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Russian Federation

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Germany

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Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

Germany

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Canada

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

Germany

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Qataris the top immigration country relative to population 77%

12 millions mexicans are in the USMexico-USA is the largest migration corridor in the world

from native to migrantsnew international borders create new migrants

German of KazakhstanDescendant of Volga Germans, deported to Kazakhstan after the Nazi German Invasion

during World War II

Indians in the United Arab EmiratesIndians form over 40% of the total population of the UAE: petroleum and construction

Saudi Arabia the 3rd destination for IndiansIndians are the largest immigrants community in Saudi Arabia

Sweden14% of the population comes from another country

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can I use it?

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can I use it? sure

peoplemovin is based on a HTML5 Open Source toolkit called DataMovin

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what next?

give meaning to the length of the connecting lines

add a time based point of view

datamov.in final release

a di!erent view of the world

@littlearkcarlo.zapponi@frogdesign.com

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