Ian Lautert da Costa

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Census data

FYI, there seems to be a consensus not to present 2020 census data in the same manner as that of previous censuses, due to changes in methodology. Examples of ways this can be presented can be found here and here. Also, we use the US Census Bureau for citing census data. Bneu2013 (talk) 06:30, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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Hello, Ian Lautert da Costa

Thank you for creating 2010 Brazilian Census.

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Kazakhstan Population pyramid

An example

I meant no offense. It's great to have more people take an intrest in population pyramids. Keep up the good work! Tallungs (talk) 08:52, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

It's completely understandable, I was aprehensive about using excel since I'm not that good with it, but it ended up working out alright. Thank you! By the way, how did you make your excess population in a darker colour? Ian Lautert da Costa (talk) 13:17, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

You're up to a good start. Excel charts are finicky, so the can take a while to learn all the tricks. The light colors is just the MIN() function for both sexes at each cohort. It's the exact same but mirrored for each sex. I make a stack bar chart. The male surplus is calculated as the MIN() of the difference between the sexes, as long as it's negative. Might be easier to show with an image: https://i.imgur.com/c5rUs5T.png

THe female surplus is the same but a MAX() function. You can calculate it in many ways, but that might give you a good start. Tallungs (talk) 02:06, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

@Tallungs, @Ian Lautert da Costa I have tried creating a guide on here for people who want to make population pyramid graphs, not sure if my ways the most efficient or effective but gives a overview of how to try and replicate the side image example on the right anyway. Tweedle (talk) 16:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

@Tweedledumb2 Hey that's pretty neat! Tallungs (talk) 19:04, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Ways to improve List of Regional States of Ethiopia by population

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Thank you for creating List of Regional States of Ethiopia by population.

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