High spatial resolution, contemporary data on human population distributions are a prerequisite for the accurate measurement of the impacts of population growth, for monitoring changes and for planning interventions. The WorldPop project aims to meet these needs through the provision of detailed and open access population distribution datasets built using transparent approaches.
The WorldPop project was initiated in October 2013 to combine the AfriPop, AsiaPop and AmeriPop population mapping projects. It aims to provide an open access archive of spatial demographic datasets for Central and South America, Africa and Asia to support development, disaster response and health applications. The methods used are designed with full open access and operational application in mind, using transparent, fully documented and peer-reviewed methods to produce easily updatable maps with accompanying metadata and measures of uncertainty. Click to download WorldPop flyer.
Eric M. Weber, Vincent Y. Seaman, Robert N. Stewart, Tomas J. Bird, Andrew J. Tatem, Jacob J. McKee, Budhendra L. Bhaduri, Jessica J. Moehl, Andrew E. Reith. Census-independent population mapping in northern Nigeria. Remote Sensing of Environment (2017) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.02
Natalia Tejedor-Garavi, Nomcebo Dlamini, Deepa Pindolia, Adam Soble, Nick W. Ruktanonchai, Victor Alegana, Arnaud Le Menach, Nyasatu Ntshalintshali, Bongani Dlamini, David L. Smith, Andrew J. Tatem and Simon Kunene. Travel patterns and demographic characteristics of malaria cases in Swaziland, 2010–2014. Malaria Journal 24 May 2017 16:359, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2004-8
Dana R. Thomson author, Forrest R. Stevens, Nick W. Ruktanonchai, Andrew J. Tatem and Marcia C. Castro. GridSample: an R package to generate household survey primary sampling units (PSUs) from gridded population data. International Journal of Health Geographics (2017) 16:25 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-017-0098-4
Carla Pezzulo, Graeme M. Hornby, Alessandro Sorichetta, Andrea E. Gaughan, Catherine Linard, Tomas J. Bird, David Kerr, Christopher T. Lloyd & Andrew J. Tatem. Sub-national mapping of population pyramids and dependency ratios in Africa and Asia. Scientific Data 4, Article number: 170089 (2017) doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.89
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