Counting every person on Earth
High resolution mapping of age structures, births and pregnancies.
Mapping population mobility and changing densities.
High resolution maps of key poverty, wellbeing and access indicators.
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
WorldPop develops peer-reviewed methods for the construction of open high resolution geospatial demographic data on population characteristics, demographics and dynamics with a particular focus on low and middle income countries.
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.