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New detailed maps reveal where children are missing out on vaccines

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New research recently published in Vaccines maps childhood vaccination gaps across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in far greater detail than before. Led by WorldPop researcher KS Krishnaveni, the study reveals important local variations in vaccination coverage across the DRC, providing precise, location-specific information to help immunisation programme managers and policymakers identify coverage […]

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Discover the People Behind the Numbers at the British Science Festival

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📍 Where: Centenary Building, Room 4013, Highfield Campus, SO17 1BJ📅 When: Thursday 17 September 2026, 10:00am to 3:00pm🎟️ Booking: No booking required. Just drop in anytime during the day and stay for as long as you’d like. Ever wondered how we know where people live, how cities grow, or how populations change over time? Next

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Local evidence can improve global decision-making

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite An international research team led by WorldPop Deputy Director (Research), Dr Jessica Espey, argues that better global decision-making needs stronger local evidence from low- and middle-income countries.  The study, published this week in Evidence & Policy, looks at how evidence shapes policy in

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Researchers Launch Comprehensive Dataset of China’s Multi-Hazard Early Warnings

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A team of international researchers, including experts from WorldPop, has released a groundbreaking dataset documenting over one million official early warning records across mainland China.  The Chinese Multi-Hazard Early Warning Dataset provides a standardized archive of over one million warning records issued between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2025. Led by WorldPop visiting researcher

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New High-Resolution Mapping Reveals Where Malaria Persists in Senegal 

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite Researchers have developed a powerful new way to track malaria with pinpoint accuracy, providing a vital tool for health officials to save lives in low- and middle-income countries. An international team, including WorldPop’s Dr Chris Nnanatu, has created high-resolution maps that reveal the

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Experts call for “human-in-the-loop” AI to safeguard global food security

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite An international team of experts including WorldPop Director, Professor Andy Tatem advise that while Artificial Intelligence (AI) can revolutionise how we predict hunger, it requires strict human oversight to prevent life-threatening errors. In a commentary, published in Nature Food, they warn that replacing

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The World Isn’t Aging Evenly. How National Averages Are Hiding the Story.

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop Director Professor Andy Tatem argues that national averages can hide big differences between communities, making detailed local population data essential for ensuring schools, healthcare, housing, and other services are delivered where people need them most. Many news stories on global population trends

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New Geospatial Mapping Tool Transforms Humanitarian Planning

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop researchers have recently launched a high-resolution data system that harmonises fragmented displacement records to improve humanitarian aid in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This contemporary dataset allows decision-makers to track the movement of millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees with unprecedented

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Global Experts Unite to Innovate Forced Displacement Mapping for Humanitarian Aid

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop recently convened a specialised international team to transform how the world tracks and responds to forced displacement. Experts from UNHCR, IOM, UNICEF, IDMC, FCDO, the IDMC and leading global universities including University of Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool and Bristol gathered at the University

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WorldPop Joins Technical Experts to Shape 2027 Palestine Population and Housing Census

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Répondez à notre enquête de satisfaction et contribuez à façonner la suite WorldPop’s Dr Sarchil Qader joined international experts to develop a roadmap for the 2027 Palestine Population and Housing Census in early July. During the consultative workshop in Amman, Jordan organised by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the mission focused on delivering accurate and contemporary data vital

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About Us

The WorldPop research programme, based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, is a multi-sectoral team of researchers, technicians and project specialists that produces data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.

Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.

WorldPop develops and publishes open, high-resolution population datasets to support social, economic, and environmental development, humanitarian response, and the Sustainable Development Goals. This data is not intended, and should not be used, for purposes that discriminate against, exploit, surveil, or otherwise harm individuals or vulnerable populations; users are expected to apply it responsibly, assess the risks of their own analyses (particularly when combining it with other datasets) and are solely responsible for how they use it.

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