Open Spatial Demographic Data and Research
WorldPop develops peer-reviewed research and methods for the construction of open and high-resolution geospatial data on population distributions, demographic and dynamics, with a focus on low and middle income countries.
About WorldPop
What is WorldPop?
WorldPop 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 Spatial Demographic Data and Research
WorldPop COVID-19 research
Publications and datasets to support the global response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Mapping populations
Integration of geospatial datasets in open modelling frameworks to map population distributions at high spatial resolution and over time.
Spatial demographics
Geospatial data integration to construct open datasets on subnational population age and sex structures.
Mapping development indicators
Geostatistical method development to produce high resolution open datasets on indicators such as literacy, poverty and malnutrition.
Maternal and child health
Research into subnational patterns of key indicators, including births, treatment seeking, service utlization and vaccination coverage.
Population dynamics
Integrating data from mobile networks, satellites, travel schedules and surveys to capture, characterize and map population movements.
Demographics Portal
WorldPop REST API
woprVision
Applications
Our mission.
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. WorldPop aims to meet these needs through the provision of detailed and open access population distribution datasets built using transparent approaches.
- Global subnational age and sex structured estimates for 2020 obtained through integrating census, microdata and survey datasets in a spatiotemporal modelling framework.
- Putting the power of population data into your hands.
WorldPop Data
Putting the power of population data into your hands.
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The WorldPop Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides researcher and software developers access to WorldPop data.
Connect to WorldPop data's API
Use this platform to spur innovation from other teams and stay on top of the latest technology. Utilizing open standards, interoperability, data, APIs, and code can connect you directly your data's community.
WOPR API for developers
The WOPR REST API provides a way for geo-web servers and other computers to communicate with the WorldPop Open Population Repository to submit requests for data and to retrieve results.
