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WorldPop / University of Southampton
WorldPop
Global gridded population estimates
Population grids built from census, survey, satellite, and geographic covariates for stories about access, disaster exposure, and urban expansion.
“Beyond administrative borders, how does population cluster along roads, terrain, and urban edges?”
UPDATE
Annual and versioned releases
COVERAGE
Global · high-resolution national population grids
ACCESS
No-login downloads / API
LICENSE SUMMARY
CC BY 4.0
AVAILABLE FORMATS
GeoTIFF · CSV · API · GIS
LICENSE
CC BY 4.0 under the WorldPop FAQ; selected item metadata controls
ATTRIBUTION
Credit WorldPop, dataset title, version, year, URL, and access date.
PRE-PUBLISH CHECK
Review the official license basis ↗Check product metadata, model year, population definition, uncertainty, and covariates; do not present estimates as household-level census counts.