3D Bar Chart

Population by Region

3D bar chart showing population density across regions and age groups

Output
Population by Region
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12, 8), facecolor='white')
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
ax.set_facecolor('white')

# Data: 5 regions, 4 age groups
regions = 5
age_groups = 4
xpos = np.arange(regions)
ypos = np.arange(age_groups)
xpos, ypos = np.meshgrid(xpos, ypos)
xpos = xpos.flatten()
ypos = ypos.flatten()
zpos = np.zeros_like(xpos)

dx = dy = 0.65
dz = np.array([120, 85, 95, 45, 180, 110, 75, 60,
               150, 95, 88, 52, 200, 130, 92, 68, 90, 65, 55, 38])

# Green gradient
colors = plt.cm.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('', ['#27F5B0', '#6CF527'])
bar_colors = [colors(v/max(dz)) for v in dz]

ax.bar3d(xpos, ypos, zpos, dx, dy, dz, color=bar_colors, alpha=0.9, edgecolor='#000000', linewidth=0.3)

ax.set_xlabel('Region', fontsize=11, color='#1f2937', labelpad=10)
ax.set_ylabel('Age Group', fontsize=11, color='#1f2937', labelpad=10)
ax.set_zlabel('Population (K)', fontsize=11, color='#1f2937', labelpad=10)
ax.set_title('Population Distribution by Region', fontsize=14, color='#1f2937', fontweight='bold', pad=20)

ax.set_xticks(range(5))
ax.set_xticklabels(['North', 'South', 'East', 'West', 'Central'])
ax.set_yticks(range(4))
ax.set_yticklabels(['0-18', '19-35', '36-55', '55+'])
ax.tick_params(colors='#000000', labelsize=9)

ax.xaxis.pane.fill = False
ax.yaxis.pane.fill = False
ax.zaxis.pane.fill = False
ax.xaxis.pane.set_edgecolor('#000000')
ax.yaxis.pane.set_edgecolor('#000000')
ax.zaxis.pane.set_edgecolor('#000000')
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.5, linewidth=0.5)
ax.xaxis._axinfo['grid']['color'] = '#000000'
ax.yaxis._axinfo['grid']['color'] = '#000000'
ax.zaxis._axinfo['grid']['color'] = '#000000'
ax.xaxis._axinfo['tick']['color'] = '#000000'
ax.yaxis._axinfo['tick']['color'] = '#000000'
ax.zaxis._axinfo['tick']['color'] = '#000000'


ax.xaxis.line.set_color('#000000')
ax.yaxis.line.set_color('#000000')
ax.zaxis.line.set_color('#000000')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

3D Charts

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