Highcharts Demo

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/maps/highmaps.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/maps/modules/data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/maps/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/mapdata/custom/world.js"></script>


<div id="container"></div>

<button id="selectnor">Select Norway</button>
<button id="selectswe">Select Sweden</button>

CSS

#container {
    height: 500px; 
    min-width: 310px; 
    max-width: 800px; 
    margin: 0 auto; 
}
.loading {
    margin-top: 10em;
    text-align: center;
    color: gray;
}

JavaScript

$.getJSON('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/highcharts/highcharts@v7.0.0/samples/data/world-population-density.json', function (data) {

      for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
        // Adding ID to data, so we can use "get" to find the points
        data[i].id = data[i].code3;
      }

      // Initiate the chart
      var chart = Highcharts.mapChart('container', {
        series: [{
          data: data,
          mapData: Highcharts.maps['custom/world'],
          joinBy: ['iso-a2', 'code'],
          allowPointSelect: true,
        }]
      });

      $('#selectnor').click(function () {
        chart.get('NOR').select();
      });

      $('#selectswe').click(function () {
        chart.get('SWE').select();
      });
    });