Countries Resized by Population in South America
The map of South America's twelve countries and two territories redrawn so that each is the size of its population, all 338 steps from 10,000 BC to 2100 in 2 minutes.
The full videoCountries Resized by Population in South America (10,000 BC – 2100)Data sources
Our World in Data, joining HYDE 3.3 up to 1799, Gapminder for 1800 to 1949 and the UN World Population Prospects from 1950 with its medium projection from 2024, borders from Natural Earth. Before 1800 HYDE splits historians' estimates for larger old regions into today's borders, which puts Brazil at 18.7 million in 1500, above many historians' estimates.
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