stacked area chart used to visualize composition

author(s): Mustapha Mekhatria

by mustapha mekhatria

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto"></div>

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'area'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Historic and Estimated Worldwide Population Distribution by Region'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text: 'Source: Wikipedia.org'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['1750', '1800', '1850', '1900', '1950', '1999', '2050'],
        tickmarkPlacement: 'on',
        title: {
            enabled: false
        }
    },
    yAxis: {
        title: {
            text: 'Percent'
        }
    },
    tooltip: {
        pointFormat: '<span style="color:{series.color}">{series.name}</span>: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b> ({point.y:,.0f} millions)<br/>',
        split: true
    },
    plotOptions: {
        area: {
            stacking: 'percent',
            lineColor: '#ffffff',
            lineWidth: 1,
            marker: {
                enabled:false
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Asia',
        data: [502, 635, 809, 947, 1402, 3634, 5268],
        color:'#ffcdd2'
    }, {
        name: 'Africa',
        data: [106, 107, 111, 133, 221, 767, 1766],
        color:'#a5d6a7',
    }, {
        name: 'Europe',
        data: [163, 203, 276, 408, 547, 729, 628],
        color:'#ba68c8',
    }, {
        name: 'America',
        data: [18, 31, 54, 156, 339, 818, 1201],
        color:'#4fc3f7',
    }, {
        name: 'Oceania',
        data: [2, 2, 2, 6, 13, 30, 46],
        color:'#e0e0e0'
    }]
});