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wppExplorer (version 2.3-4)

wppExplorer-package: Explorer of the World Population Prospects

Description

Allows to interactively explore data from the World Population Prospects, contained in packages wpp2019, wpp2017, wpp2015, wpp2012 and wpp2010. It is based on the shiny package.

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Details

Package: wppExplorer
Version: 2.3-4
Date: 2020-4-7
Depends: R (>= 3.0.0)

The main function of the packge is wpp.explore which opens an interactive interface in a web browser. A few helper functions are available for a fast access to the (possibly filtered) data, e.g. wpp.indicator.

The interface can be also accessed online: https://bayespop.shinyapps.io/wpp2019explorer/

References

World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision. (https://population.un.org/wpp/) Special Tabulations.

A. E. Raftery, N. Li, H. Sevcikova , P. Gerland, G. K. Heilig (2012). Bayesian probabilistic population projections for all countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:13915-13921.

P. Gerland, A. E. Raftery, H. Sevcikova, N. Li, D. Gu, T. Spoorenberg, L. Alkema, B. K. Fosdick, J. L. Chunn, N. Lalic, G. Bay, T. Buettner, G. K. Heilig, J. Wilmoth (2014). World Population Stabilization Unlikely This Century. Science 346:234-237.

See Also

wpp2019, wpp2017, wpp2015, wpp2012, wpp2010, shiny, wpp.explore, wpp.indicator