Capitals of 40 populous countries, by latitude and elevation

Name: Capitals of 40 populous countries, by latitude and elevation
Creator: Unlabeled
License: CC0 1.0

Of these 40 capitals, only 3 sit above 2,000 m, and all lie within 25° of the equator: Bogotá is the highest at 2,582 m. Farther out, none tops Kabul's 1,790 m. Kampala sits 0.3° from the equator.

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y ↑: Elevation (m)
x →: Distance from the equator (°)

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The data: 40 points

Distance from the equator (°)	Elevation (m)
0.3	1190
1.3	1661
4.3	240
4.6	2582
6.2	91
6.2	1120
9	2355
9.1	360
13.8	2
14.6	9
15.6	382
15.8	1171
19.4	2240
19.7	115
21	16
23.7	4
25.7	1332
28.6	216
30	23
33.3	34
33.7	490
34	87
34.5	1790
34.6	25
35.7	6
35.7	1179
36.8	0
37.6	38
38.9	72
39.9	43
39.9	938
40.4	663
41.9	21
45.4	70
48.9	48
50.5	179
51.5	4
52.2	118
52.5	34
55.8	156

Source: Wikidata: the capitals of the 40 countries with the largest latest population figures in Wikidata (counts from different years), their coordinates and elevations; distances from the equator counted by Unlabeled after Tomas Pueyo, Uncharted Territories: Why Warm Countries Are Poorer
Licence: CC0 1.0
Read: 2026-10-22
Drawn: 40 points as the puzzle showed them · scatter

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Capitals of 40 populous countries, by latitude and elevation

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