Population

Elixir OTP application library for the World Population API.

Public API

See the full online documentation here.

Countries: list available countries

• countries/0
• countries!/0

Life Expectancy: calculate life expectancy

• remaining_life_expectancy/4
• remaining_life_expectancy!/4
• total_life_expectancy/3
• total_life_expectancy!/3

Mortality Distribution: retrieve mortality distribution tables

• mortality_distribution/3
• mortality_distribution!/3

World Population Rank: determine world population rank

• rank_today/3
• rank_today!/3
• rank_by_date/4
• rank_by_date!/4
• rank_by_age/4
• rank_by_age!/4
• rank_in_past/4
• rank_in_past!/4
• rank_in_future/4
• rank_in_future!/4
• date_by_rank/4
• date_by_rank!/4

Population : retrieve population tables

• tables/2
• tables!/2
• table_by_country/3
• table_by_country!/3
• tables_for_all_ages_by_country/2
• tables_for_all_ages_by_country!/2
• tables_for_all_years_by_country/2
• tables_for_all_years_by_country!/2
• table_for_country_by_date/2
• table_for_country_by_date!/2
• tables_for_today_and_tomorrow_by_country/1
• tables_for_today_and_tomorrow_by_country!/1

Installation

1. Add population to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:population, "~> 0.1.0"}]
end

2. Ensure population is started before your application:

def application do
  [applications: [:population]]
end