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
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
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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:
amenity IN ('mobile_money_agent','bureau_de_change','bank','microfinance','atm','sacco','money_transfer','post_office')
Features may have these attributes:
addr:full
operator
addr:city
amenity
source
network
name
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 IN ('kindergarten','school','college','university') OR building IN ('kindergarten','school','college','university')
Features may have these attributes:
addr:full
addr:city
amenity
capacity:persons
source
operator:type
building
name
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:
aeroway IS NOT NULL OR building = 'aerodrome' OR emergency:helipad IS NOT NULL OR emergency = 'landing_site'
Features may have these attributes:
addr:full
aeroway
addr:city
emergency
capacity:persons
emergency:helipad
source
operator:type
building
name
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:
addr:full
rooms
addr:street
addr:city
amenity
tourism
shop
beds
opening_hours
source
addr:housenumber
name
man_made
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 = 'ferry_terminal' OR building = 'ferry_terminal' OR port IS NOT NULL
Features may have these attributes:
addr:full
addr:city
amenity
port
source
operator:type
building
name
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:
highway
bridge
lanes
oneway
smoothness
source
surface
name
layer
width
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
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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:
blockage
covered
natural
tunnel
waterway
water
source
depth
layer
name
width
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:
healthcare IS NOT NULL OR amenity IN ('doctors','dentist','clinic','hospital','pharmacy')
Features may have these attributes:
addr:full
healthcare
addr:city
amenity
capacity:persons
healthcare:speciality
source
operator:type
building
name
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:
place IN ('isolated_dwelling','town','village','hamlet','city')
Features may have these attributes:
place
population
source
name
is_in
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:
railway IN ('rail','station')
Features may have these attributes:
ele
addr:full
addr:city
railway
source
operator:type
name
layer
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:
office
addr:full
building:materials
addr:street
addr:city
building:levels
source
addr:housenumber
building
name
This dataset is one of many OpenStreetMap exports on
HDX.
See the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website for more
information.
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.
Datasets are available to download in Geotiff and ASCII XYZ format at a resolution of 30 arc-seconds (approximately 1km at the equator)
-Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020: Population density datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 – derived from the corresponding
Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 population count datasets by dividing the number of people in each pixel by the pixel surface area.
These are produced using the unconstrained top-down modelling method.
-Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 UN adjusted: Population density datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 – derived from the corresponding
Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 population UN adjusted count datasets by dividing the number of people in each pixel,
adjusted to match the country total from the official United Nations population estimates (UN 2019), by the pixel surface area.
These are produced using the unconstrained top-down modelling method.
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/WP00674
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.
A description of the modelling methods used for age and sex structures can be found in
Tatem et al and
Pezzulo et al. Details of the input population count datasets used can be found here, and age/sex structure proportion datasets here.
Both top-down 'unconstrained' and 'constrained' versions of the datasets are available, and the differences between the two methods are outlined
here. The datasets represent the outputs from a project focused on construction of consistent 100m resolution population count datasets for all countries of the World structured by male/female and 5-year age classes (plus a <1 year class). These efforts necessarily involved some shortcuts for consistency. The unconstrained datasets are available for each year from 2000 to 2020.
The constrained datasets are only available for 2020 at present, given the time periods represented by the building footprint and built settlement datasets used in the mapping.
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/WP00646