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Photo of Ian Coady addressing CARICOM workshop meeting, Barbados, March 2026

Strengthening population data for better decisions in the Caribbean

Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Last week, Deputy Director Ian Coady led a WorldPop expert team contributing to a regional workshop in Bridgetown, Barbados, focused on improving how population data are produced and used across the Caribbean. Delivered jointly with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the event formed part of […]

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Photo of data collection, Kahda, Somalia SNBS, 2025

Supporting Groundbreaking Data Initiative in Somalia

A major breakthrough in data collection and analysis is underway in Somalia, thanks in large part to the technical leadership of WorldPop in a transformative new project aimed at strengthening evidence-based planning in one of the world’s most data-scarce countries.  The initiative, “Generation of Socio-Demographic Data for Evidence-Based Programming in South-Central Somalia,” marks the first

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Photo of a Malawi village.

WorldPop Brings Cutting-Edge Mapping Technology to Support Malawi’s 2028 Census

A new international partnership launched today between WorldPop at the University of Southampton and the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) is set to support the National Statistics Office (NSO) of Malawi in planning its 2028 national census, by introducing innovative, automated mapping methods that significantly reduce cost and effort. At the heart of the

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