Basic choropleth map in d3.js

Steps:

First of all, see the background map section to understand the basics of mapping with d3.

Map shows the world population per country in 2005. Data comes from here, stored here

You must have a common id between the geospatial file and the data. Here it is the 'id' field.

Here a threshold color scale is used. Learn more about color scale here

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<!-- Load d3.js -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-geo-projection.v2.min.js"></script>

<!-- Create an element where the map will take place -->
<svg id="my_dataviz" width="400" height="300"></svg>

<script>

// The svg
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
  width = +svg.attr("width"),
  height = +svg.attr("height");

// Map and projection
var path = d3.geoPath();
var projection = d3.geoMercator()
  .scale(70)
  .center([0,20])
  .translate([width / 2, height / 2]);

// Data and color scale
var data = d3.map();
var colorScale = d3.scaleThreshold()
  .domain([100000, 1000000, 10000000, 30000000, 100000000, 500000000])
  .range(d3.schemeBlues[7]);

// Load external data and boot
d3.queue()
  .defer(d3.json, "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/world.geojson")
  .defer(d3.csv, "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/world_population.csv", function(d) { data.set(d.code, +d.pop); })
  .await(ready);

function ready(error, topo) {

  // Draw the map
  svg.append("g")
    .selectAll("path")
    .data(topo.features)
    .enter()
    .append("path")
      // draw each country
      .attr("d", d3.geoPath()
        .projection(projection)
      )
      // set the color of each country
      .attr("fill", function (d) {
        d.total = data.get(d.id) || 0;
        return colorScale(d.total);
      });
    }

</script>

Most basic choropleth map in d3.js

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