How to create a population pyramid in Tableau

A population pyramid graph shows the distribution of a population by age groups and sex, and it is widely used in demography studies.

Let us then see how to build step-by-step a population pyramid on Tableau.

Step 1. Create the chart

1. Connect to a population data source (in our case US population data).
2. Drag Female and Male to the Columns.
3. Drag Age to Rows.
4. Right click on the Age tab in Rows and select Dimension.

5. Select the All Marks card and choose Bar from the dropdown menu.
6. Click on the x-axis for Female and click Edit axis > tick Reversed. Always in the Edit axis window that opens up, select Fixed and copy the Fixed end value (highlighted in the following picture).

7. Now click on the x-axis for Male, select Fixed and paste that value in the Fixed end value space.
8. Choose different colors in the respective Marks cards.

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