{"id":1926,"date":"2020-09-30T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everviz.com\/blog\/?post_type=inspired&p=1926"},"modified":"2022-10-25T13:39:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:39:02","slug":"sao-paulo-is-now-the-4th-largest-city-in-population-bar-chart","status":"publish","type":"chart-examples","link":"https:\/\/www.everviz.com\/chart-examples\/column-and-bar-charts\/sao-paulo-is-now-the-4th-largest-city-in-population-bar-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Sao Paulo is now the 4th largest city in population – Bar chart"},"content":{"rendered":"São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and one of the largest agglomerations worldwide, with its metropolitan area. Economically speaking, the leading national metropolis is responsible for 12 percent of the national Brazilian GDP and double the per capita GDP of Brazil.\n\n\nSão Paulo is both the name of a state and a city. “Those born in the town of São Paulo are called” Paulistanos. “Those born in the state of São Paulo but not in its capital are called” Paulistas.\n\n\nTo create a visualization as the one below, pick one color for all bars with same category in the chart. One unique color per bar may distract the reader, and give an impression that there is an additional meaning to the data. One exception here is highlighting specific bars with a separate color to make a point in the storytelling:\n\n\n\n\n