dataf.population2010 {ddalpha}

World Historical Population-by-Country Dataset (2010 Revision)

Description

Historical world population data by countries.

Usage

dataf.population2010()

Format

The functional data as a data structure.

dataf

The functional data as a list of objects. Each object is characterized by two coordinates

args

year - a numeric vector of years 1950-2010 (61 years)

vals

population - a numeric vector of the estimated total population in thousands in 233 countries and regions

labels

The geographic region of the country

identifier

The name of country or region

Details

World population data by a country, area or region as of 1 July of the year indicated. Figures are presented in thousands.

Source

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/, file Total population - Both sexes

See Also

dataf.population

dataf.* for other functional data sets

plot.functional for building plots of functional data

Examples

## load the Population dataset
dataf = dataf.population2010()

## view the classes
unique(dataf$labels)

## access the 5th point of the 2nd object
dataf$dataf[[2]]$args[5]
dataf$dataf[[2]]$vals[5]

## plot the data
## Not run:
labels = unlist(dataf$labels)
plot(dataf,
  main = "World population data",
  xlab="Year", ylab="Population (in thousands)"
  )
## End(Not run)

## compute the integrated and infimal depths of the data curves
## with respect to the same set of curves
depthf.fd1(dataf$dataf, dataf$dataf)