For my final data visualization project, I chose to work with a data set about the number of followers of each religion in the world, accounting for many countries and years. The source for this data set is the World Religion Project (WRP), active from 1945 to 2010.
I wanted to create a visualization that would allow users to, statistically learn more about the biggest religion in the world and countries that are more strict on their religion.
In my visualization, the data is represented as dots on a map based on the latitude and longitude of the countries. The color indicates if the location accepts two or more religions as their main religions (dual religion).
To interact with the visualization below, try clicking the mouse on the map. The map can be zoomed in and out by simply pressing the plus and minus buttons on the top, or scrolling down (for zooming in) and up (for zooming out). Hover over the dots with the mouse to see the number of followers of Christianity in each location.
One interesting thing I noticed during this project is that the is no correlation between the number of Christians and whether the country is a dual religion.
Something I still wonder about is why some islands are accounted for and others are not.