Common Operational Datasets (CODs) are authoritative reference datasets needed to support operations and decision-making for all actors in a humanitarian response. CODs are 'best available' datasets that ensure consistency and simplify the discovery and exchange of key data.
Benin administrative level 0-2 sex and age disaggregated 2023 projected population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2023
These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Benin - Subnational Administrative Boundaries or the Benin - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries layers using the ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2-PCODE fields.
Barbados administrative level 0 sex and age disaggregated 2022 projected population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2022
This table is suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Barbados administrative level 0 (national) and 1 (parish) boundary polygons and lines using the ADM0_PCODE field.
Bangladesh administrative level 0-3 sex and age disaggregated 2022 population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2022
These population statistics tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage with the administrative level 0-3 Bangladesh - Subnational Administrative Boundaries shapefiles using the ADM0, ADM1, ADM2, and ADM3_PCODE fields.
Armenia administrative level 0-1 projected 2022 population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2021
These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Armenia - Subnational Administrative Boundaries and the Armenia - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries using the ADM0_ and ADM1_PCODE fields.
Argentina administrative level 0-1 2021 sex and age disaggregated Population Statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2021
These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Argentina - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
Albania administrative level 0-1 2021 sex and age disaggregated population statistics
These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage using P-codes to the Albania - Subnational Administrative Boundaries administrative level 0-1 layers.
Afghanistan administrative levels 0 (country), and 1 (province) population statistics.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2021 estimates based on 2017 study conducted by Flowminder/UNFPA.
Dataset updated by OCHA in 2021.
The gazetteer is compatible with the Afghanistan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries gazetteer. (COD-AB boundaries are unavailable.)
Guinea administrative level 0-2 sex and age disaggregated 2023 projected population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2023
These tables are suitable for database or ArcGIS joins to the Guinea - Subnational Administrative Boundaries and Guinea - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries layers using the ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2_PCODE fields.
Ukraine administrative level 0-4 edge-matched gazetteer, shapefiles, geodatabase, and geoservice.
These layers are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Ukraine - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
This edge-matched product is based on the Ukraine - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB).
This Common Operational Dataset on Population Statistics (COD-PS) is estimated using baseline information from the 2001 Population Census of Ukraine and annual birth and death registration data since the last census.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2022
The COD-PS is age- and sex-disaggregated at ADM-1 level (i.e. Oblast) and has a reference date of 1 January, 2022.
The ukr_admpop_2022.xlsx spreadsheet includes a table of sex and age disaggregated 2022 projected population statistics of the 30 administrative level 4 features that correspond to cities of more than 100,000 people (excluding Kyiv city).
These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Ukraine - Subnational Administrative Boundaries and Ukraine - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries layers using the ADM0, and ADM2_PCODE fields.
Ukraine administrative level 0-4 boundaries. See caveats.
The administrative level 0 and 1 layers are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Ukraine - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
An edge-matched version of this COD-AB is available as Ukraine - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries.
Unfamiliar users may wish to be informed that administrative level 1 feature [UA80] is Kyiv city. Feature [UA32] is Kyivska ('Kyiv') oblast.
Burkina Faso administrative level 0-2 sex and age disaggregated 2023 projected population statistics (with five-year intervals) and 2020-2035 projected population statistics (with single-year intervals).
REFERENCE YEAR: 2023
The CSV tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the administrative level 0-3 Burkina Faso - Subnational Administrative Boundaries boundaries using the ADM0, ADM1, and ADM2_PCODE fields.
This dataset contains information on the total population in the Syrian Arab Republic, disaggregated by sex and age, as well as administrate levels 1 through 4.
Settlement locations representing cities, towns, villages, and neighborhoods P-coded in accordance with Iraq - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB).
The "Iraq populated places 2021 P-coded.xlsx" spreadsheet contains two tables . Table "IRQ populated places master" contains all 12,494 available records. Table '"RQ populated places filter" excludes 338 master records that have blank English (ADM3_EN) and blank Arabic (ADM4_AR) names, and is the basis for the shapefile.
The "IRQ populated places V04" contains the 12,156 points of the "IRQ populated places filter" table.
When names are verified for the 338 excluded records the spreadsheet and shapefile will be updated.
The Iraq - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) administrative level 0-3 gazetteer is also included.
United Arab Emirates administrative level 0-1 gazetteer, shapefiles, geodatabase, and geoservices.
The alternative United Arab Emirates - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries
COD-EM may be preferred for cartographic purposes.
There is no United Arab Emirates population statistics COD-PS.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
United Arab Emirates administrative level 0-1 edge-matched gazetteer, shapefiles, geodatabase, and geoservice.
COD-EM datasets do not replace the authoritative United Arab Emirates - Subnational Administrative Boundaries
COD-AB available here; however COD-EM datasets may be preferred for cartographic purposes. See caveats.
There is no United Arab Emirates population statistics COD-PS.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Mexican administrative level 0 (country), 1 (estado), and 2 (municipio) boundary polygons
The OCHA Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean determined in December 2023 that this COD-AB is up to date.
These administrative population statistics tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Mexico - Subnational Population Statistics.
Malawi administrative level 0-3 boundaries, gazetteer, and geoservice.
COD-EM datasets do not replace the authoritative COD-AB available here; however COD-EM datasets may be preferred for cartographic purposes. See caveats.
These shapefiles are suitable for database or ArcGIS linkage to the Malawi - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Malawi administrative level 0-3 shapefiles, geodatabase, gazetteer, and geoservices
P-codes are based on the NSO Admin 3 code system.
In the administrative level 3 feature names, "STA" stands for "Senior Traditional Authority" and "TA" stands for "Traditional Authority".
These shapefiles are suitable for database or ArcGIS linkage to the Malawi - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Administrative boundaries for Chad.
Level 0 : Country
Level 1 : Regions
Level 2 : Departements
Level 3 : Sous préfectures (tabular data available for the entire country, shapefile available only for the Lac region)
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
All admin datasets have been endorsed by the AIMWG on the 11 May 2017.
These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Chad - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Syria Administrative boundaries for levels 0 - 4, with Arabic Names, English Names, and p-codes.
Geodatabase maintains Arabic names better than shapefile
Note that Admin 4 is the populated places layer.
Admin Level 1= Governorate = Mohafaza
Admin Level 2 = District = Mantika
Admin Level 3 = Sub-district= Nahya
Populated places (also known as "Admin Level 4") = City or Village
Dataset organization: Administrative boundary resources (shapefiles, geodatabases. and gazetteer) are separate from the populated places shapefiles resources except the live geoservices, which provide both administrative boundaries and populated places.
Most Recent Changes:
15 January 2021
ITOS geoservices, shapefile, and geodatabase for populated places ("administrative level 4") added.
12 January 2021
ITOS geoservices, shapefiles, and geodatabase added.
EMF files added.
ITOS gazetteer added.
18-August-2020
added 327 Communities.
21-March-2019
added 14 Communities.
19-Dec-2018
Use the Neighborhood as point loaded in the same layer/ Excel file called as a humanitarian Location
added 11 Communities.
01-July-2018
added 1528 Communities and some localities moved to their accurate locations
31-Jan-2018- added 91 populated places and areas, some localities moved to their accurate locations, essential change in the admin boundary in Tartous Governorate at Admin 2 and Admin 3
1-June-2017- added 24 populated places and areas
22-Feb-2017- added three populated places and fixed some typos in admin4 and neighborhoods
04-Oct-2016 - Added two populated places
20-Sept-2016 - Built-up polygonal layer was created so that for each populated place there is a corresponding built-up poplygon; Added populated places based on feedback from humanitarian partners ; Neighborhood layer now includes 11 main cities with new p-codes ; column names follow global standard; reference names are unique both in English and Arabic
12-Jan-2014 - Shape file version posted. UTF-8 has been used to enable the correct display of Arabic characters.
19-May-2013 - New features added to Admin4 ; English Names edited to be consistent in all Admin levels; locations of few communities adjusted
07-Jan-2013 - Column with Capitals of Administrative Units (1 - 3) added to Populated Places (Admin 4). No changes.
19-Dec-2012 - Minor change: erroneous Admin 1 p-code for the populated place Arab Elmalik Jerkes (p-code = C3571) corrected (from SY010 to SY10).
12-Dec-2012 - Added neighborhoods , currently Damascus only. Added "C" as leading character of pcodes at level 4 (populated places) to ensure uniqueness. The digits remain the same from earlier versions.
24-Sep-2012 - Consolidated spelling between all 4 levels for all admin levels. Pcodes added.
24-Aug-2012 - Shapefile versions added. Exported from the geodatabase version of 30-June-2011.
30-Jun-2012 - Topology cleaned, underscores removed from admin names.
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