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Get India's Total Population from World Bank

Source: R/get_india_population.R
get_india_population.Rd

Retrieves India's total population for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SP.POP.TOTL.

Usage

get_india_population()

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

  • indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Population, total")

  • country: Country name ("India")

  • year: Year of the data (integer)

  • value: Population as a numeric value

  • value_label: Formatted population with commas (e.g., "1,400,000,000")

Details

The function sends a GET request to the World Bank API. If the API request fails or returns an error status code, the function returns NULL with an informative message.

Note

Requires internet connection. The data is retrieved in real time from the World Bank API.

See also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble, comma

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_india_population()
}