WorldPop produces different types of gridded population count datasets, depending on the methods used and end application.
Please make sure you have read our Mapping Populations overview page before choosing and downloading a dataset.
Bespoke methods used to produce datasets for specific individual countries are available through the WorldPop Open Population Repository (WOPR) link below.
These are 100m resolution gridded population estimates using customized methods ("bottom-up" and/or "top-down") developed for the latest data available from each country.
They can also be visualised and explored through the woprVision App.
The remaining datasets in the links below are produced using the "top-down" method,
with either the unconstrained or constrained top-down disaggregation method used.
Please make sure you read the Top-down estimation modelling overview page to decide on which datasets best meet your needs.
Datasets are available to download in Geotiff and ASCII XYZ format at a resolution of 3 and 30 arc-seconds (approximately 100m and 1km at the equator, respectively):
- Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 ( 1km resolution ): Consistent 1km resolution population count datasets created using
unconstrained top-down methods for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020.
- Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 ( 100m resolution ): Consistent 100m resolution population count datasets created using
unconstrained top-down methods for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020.
- Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 UN adjusted ( 100m resolution ): Consistent 100m resolution population count datasets created using
unconstrained top-down methods for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 and adjusted to match United Nations national population estimates (UN 2019)
-Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 UN adjusted ( 1km resolution ): Consistent 1km resolution population count datasets created using
unconstrained top-down methods for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 and adjusted to match United Nations national population estimates (UN 2019).
-Unconstrained global mosaics 2000-2020 ( 1km resolution ): Mosaiced 1km resolution versions of the "Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020" datasets.
-Constrained individual countries 2020 ( 100m resolution ): Consistent 100m resolution population count datasets created using
constrained top-down methods for all countries of the World for 2020.
-Constrained individual countries 2020 UN adjusted ( 100m resolution ): Consistent 100m resolution population count datasets created using
constrained top-down methods for all countries of the World for 2020 and adjusted to match United Nations national
population estimates (UN 2019).
Older datasets produced for specific individual countries and continents, using a set of tailored geospatial inputs and differing "top-down" methods and time periods are still available for download here: Individual countries and Whole Continent.
Data for earlier dates is available directly from WorldPop.
WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00645
China administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province, autonomous region, municipality, or special administrative region), and 2 (prefecture-level units) boundaries and gazetteer
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
JHU Has Stopped Collecting Data As Of 03/10/2023
After three years of around-the-clock tracking of COVID-19 data from around the world, Johns Hopkins has discontinued the Coronavirus Resource Center’s operations.
The site’s two raw data repositories will remain accessible for information collected from 1/22/20 to 3/10/23 on cases, deaths, vaccines, testing and demographics.
Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) epidemiological data since 22 January 2020. The data is compiled by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CCSE) from various sources including the World Health Organization (WHO), DXY.cn, BNO News, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC), China CDC (CCDC), Hong Kong Department of Health, Macau Government, Taiwan CDC, US CDC, Government of Canada, Australia Government Department of Health, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Ministry of Health Singapore (MOH), and others. JHU CCSE maintains the data on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository on Github.
Fields available in the data include Province/State, Country/Region, Last Update, Confirmed, Suspected, Recovered, Deaths.
On 23/03/2020, a new data structure was released. The current resources for the latest time series data are:
time_series_covid19_confirmed_global.csv
time_series_covid19_deaths_global.csv
time_series_covid19_recovered_global.csv
---DEPRECATION WARNING---
The resources below ceased being updated on 22/03/2020 and were removed on 26/03/2020:
time_series_19-covid-Confirmed.csv
time_series_19-covid-Deaths.csv
time_series_19-covid-Recovered.csv
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
waterway IS NOT NULL OR water IS NOT NULL OR natural IN ('water','wetland','bay')
Features may have these attributes:
blockage
width
depth
covered
tunnel
water
layer
natural
waterway
name
source
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
highway IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
lanes
width
smoothness
surface
oneway
bridge
layer
name
source
highway
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
100+ Downloads
This dataset updates: Every week
This dataset is part of the data series [?]: HOTOSM - Roads
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
building IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
building:materials
addr:street
office
addr:full
addr:city
name
addr:housenumber
building
source
building:levels
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
amenity IS NOT NULL OR man_made IS NOT NULL OR shop IS NOT NULL OR tourism IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
man_made
source
addr:city
rooms
name
shop
addr:housenumber
addr:full
addr:street
tourism
amenity
beds
opening_hours
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
building IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
building:materials
addr:street
office
addr:full
addr:city
name
addr:housenumber
building
source
building:levels
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
building IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
building:materials
addr:street
office
addr:full
addr:city
name
addr:housenumber
building
source
building:levels
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
building IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
building:materials
addr:street
office
addr:full
addr:city
name
addr:housenumber
building
source
building:levels
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
waterway IS NOT NULL OR water IS NOT NULL OR natural IN ('water','wetland','bay')
Features may have these attributes:
blockage
width
depth
covered
tunnel
water
layer
natural
waterway
name
source
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
waterway IS NOT NULL OR water IS NOT NULL OR natural IN ('water','wetland','bay')
Features may have these attributes:
blockage
width
depth
covered
tunnel
water
layer
natural
waterway
name
source
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
amenity IS NOT NULL OR man_made IS NOT NULL OR shop IS NOT NULL OR tourism IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
opening_hours
man_made
amenity
addr:street
tourism
addr:full
addr:city
rooms
name
addr:housenumber
source
beds
shop
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
highway IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
lanes
width
smoothness
surface
oneway
bridge
layer
name
source
highway
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
100+ Downloads
This dataset updates: Every week
This dataset is part of the data series [?]: HOTOSM - Roads
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
waterway IS NOT NULL OR water IS NOT NULL OR natural IN ('water','wetland','bay')
Features may have these attributes:
blockage
width
depth
covered
tunnel
water
layer
natural
waterway
name
source
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
waterway IS NOT NULL OR water IS NOT NULL OR natural IN ('water','wetland','bay')
Features may have these attributes:
blockage
width
depth
covered
tunnel
water
layer
natural
waterway
name
source
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
building IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
building:materials
addr:street
office
addr:full
addr:city
name
addr:housenumber
building
source
building:levels
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
amenity IS NOT NULL OR man_made IS NOT NULL OR shop IS NOT NULL OR tourism IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
opening_hours
man_made
amenity
addr:street
tourism
addr:full
addr:city
rooms
name
addr:housenumber
source
beds
shop
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
amenity IS NOT NULL OR man_made IS NOT NULL OR shop IS NOT NULL OR tourism IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
opening_hours
man_made
amenity
addr:street
tourism
addr:full
addr:city
rooms
name
addr:housenumber
source
beds
shop
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
building IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
building:materials
addr:street
office
addr:full
addr:city
name
addr:housenumber
building
source
building:levels
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
highway IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
lanes
width
smoothness
surface
oneway
bridge
layer
name
source
highway
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
70+ Downloads
This dataset updates: Every week
This dataset is part of the data series [?]: HOTOSM - Roads
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
highway IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
lanes
width
smoothness
surface
oneway
bridge
layer
name
source
highway
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
100+ Downloads
This dataset updates: Every week
This dataset is part of the data series [?]: HOTOSM - Roads
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
highway IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
surface
source
width
name
bridge
lanes
smoothness
highway
layer
oneway
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
100+ Downloads
This dataset updates: Every month
This dataset is part of the data series [?]: HOTOSM - Roads
OpenStreetMap exports for use in GIS applications.
This theme includes all OpenStreetMap features in this area matching:
waterway IS NOT NULL OR water IS NOT NULL OR natural IN ('water','wetland','bay')
Features may have these attributes:
water
depth
source
width
name
blockage
waterway
tunnel
layer
natural
covered
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
