Ratio of International Airports to Relative Population

Visualization by Colin Augustine

Overview

A Flourish visualization comparing the number of international airports to population size across countries. This analysis reveals which regions are over-served or under-served in terms of air travel infrastructure relative to their population.

Visualization Tool

Platform Flourish
Chart Type Geographic Map / Scatter Plot
Public URL View on Flourish

Data Sources

Airport Data OpenFlights Database (airport_connectivity.csv)
Population Data World Bank / UN Population Estimates
Processing Merged airport counts with population by country using Vlook in Excel and appropriate calculations were done.

Key Metrics

Metric Description
Airport Count Number of international airports per country
Population Country population (latest available)
Ratio Airports per million inhabitants

Author

Created by Colin Augustine
Course Data Visualization, SUPSI
Date December 2025
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