countries

Country life expectancy and fertility over time

Key demographic indicators (life expectancy at birth and fertility rate measured as babies per woman) for various countries from 1955 to 2000 at 5-year intervals. Includes both current values and adjacent time period values (previous and next) for each indicator. Gapminder's data documentation notes that its philosophy is to fill data gaps with estimates and use current geographic boundaries for historical data. Gapminder states that it aims to "show people the big picture" rather than support detailed numeric analysis.

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Fields

Field	Type	Distribution	Summary	Missing
`_comment`Add a description for _comment	string	1 distinct	Data courtesy of Gapminder.org 1	Missing 619 · 99.8%
`year` Years from 1955 to 2000 at 5-year intervals	integer		1,955 – 2,000 · mean 1,978	Missing 0
`fertility` Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) for the given year	number		1.03 – 8.23 · mean 3.85	Missing 0
`life_expect` Life expectancy in years for the given year	number		27.79 – 81.57 · mean 66.28	Missing 0
`n_fertility` Fertility rate for the next 5-year interval	number		1.03 – 8.23 · mean 3.73	Missing 62 · 10.0%
`n_life_expect` Life expectancy for the next 5-year interval	number		27.79 – 81.57 · mean 67.13	Missing 62 · 10.0%
`country` Name of the country	string	62 distinct	Afghanistan 10 · Argentina 10 · Australia 10	Missing 0

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_comment	year	fertility	life_expect	n_fertility	n_life_expect	country
Data courtesy of Gapminder.org	1955	7.42	43.88	7.38	45.03	Afghanistan
	1960	7.38	45.03	7.35	46.13	Afghanistan
	1965	7.35	46.13	7.4	47.08	Afghanistan
	1970	7.4	47.08	7.54	47.55	Afghanistan
	1975	7.54	47.55	7.59	43.68	Afghanistan

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License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

File

data/countries.json · 99,457 bytes · View on GitHub

Use This Dataset

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega-datasets@3/data/countries.json

"data": {"url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega-datasets@3/data/countries.json"}

"data": [{
  "name": "countries",
  "url": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega-datasets@3/data/countries.json"
}]

from altair.datasets import data

countries = data.countries()

import data from 'vega-datasets';

const countries = await data['countries.json']();

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At a Glance

Format: JSON, array of records
Size: 99 KB · 620 rows
Source: Gapminder Foundation - Life Expectancy and 1 more
License: Attribution
Release: v3.2.1

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