How to make polished population pyramids in ggplot: part 1

[@AlbertoFCabreraCasillas]

This KZbin video generously demonstrates how to professionally create a population pyramid.

[@djangoworldwide7925]

Love it. I usually go for lollipop plots: a width= 0.2 barplot + geom-point, and within the point I insert the percentage of it's not clear😊

[@caty863]

Since the population pyramid is a quite popular visualization in demographics, it feels like someone should make a specialized function for that.