Creating a Pictograph: Populations of Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland

A pictograph uses icons to represent quantities. Here's a clean design for the UK's constituent nations (mid-2022 estimates):

Data

Pictograph

Scotland (5.4M):   🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁿
Wales (3.1M):     🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
N. Ireland (1.9M): ☘️☘️☘️☘️

Key: Each flag/shamrock = 500,000 people. Scotland: 11 icons (5.5M), Wales: 6 icons (3.0M), NI: 4 icons (2.0M). Adjust icon value for precision (e.g., 1 icon = 100k).

Design Tips

• Use consistent, recognizable symbols.
• Align icons in a grid.
• Label clearly: country, population, icon value.
• Cite source (ONS, NISRA, NRS).