Nigeria

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Mapping Africa’s hidden food access gap with open data

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What happens when reaching the nearest food market takes hours rather than minutes? New research led by doctoral researcher, Robert Benassai-Dalmau at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, reveals that for millions of people across Africa, this is a daily reality, with important consequences for food security, economic opportunity and inequality. In their assessment of […]

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Strengthening statistical capacity at CISON 2026

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Last week, I had the privilege of attending the 3rd International Conference of the Chartered Institute of Statisticians of Nigeria (CISON) in Abuja, Nigeria. The conference provided an important platform for discussions on the future of statistics, data science and evidence-based policymaking, bringing together experts from academia, government and industry to share ideas and experiences.

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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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Mapping Nigeria’s Future: The Road to a Smart National Census

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next An important leap toward a modern and credible national census took place recently in Abuja, Nigeria. On April 30, 2026, the Federal Government officially launched an 18-month initiative to consolidate and modernise Nigeria’s national geospatial database. This high-level event brought together key leaders from the National

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Strengthening Population Data in Nigeria Through Co-developing Geospatial Innovation

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next WorldPop Senior Research Fellow and Head of Spatial Statistics and Population Modelling (SSPM), Dr Chris Nnanatu recently completed a scoping visit to Nigeria as part of preparations for a new collaborative initiative focused on enhancing the country’s population data systems. The visit brought together key national

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Researchers Reveal 63 Million Women at Risk of Zero Maternal Health Services

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next An international research team led by Dr Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi, Lecturer in Geographies of Health at University College London and Dr Kristine Nilsen, Associate Professor of Global Health & Social Statistics at the University of Southampton, and including investigators from WorldPop has produced the first high-resolution geospatial mapping of women completely disengaged from life-saving maternal and newborn health services across

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Thank You, Olayinka Oke: Advancing Population Science Through Collaboration

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next It is always difficult to say goodbye to colleagues who have made a meaningful impact in a short time, and this is certainly the case as we bid farewell to Olayinka Oke following her secondment with us at WorldPop. Olayinka joined us from Nigeria’s National Population

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High-Resolution Mapping Sheds Light on Rapid Urban Growth

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Rapid urban growth is reshaping cities across Africa, Latin America and Asia, but in many places, reliable and up-to-date data about how cities are expanding simply doesn’t exist. New research from WorldPop, led by Dr Rhorom Priyatikanto, aims to change that.  The team has developed a new dataset that tracks how

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Mapping 25 Years of Vaccination Progress in Nigeria: New High-Resolution Insights

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At WorldPop, we believe that everyone should count in data – especially the people who are most likely to be missed. That principle is at the heart of a new preprint and open data release we’re excited to share: the most detailed spatiotemporal analysis to date of childhood vaccination coverage in Nigeria, spanning 25 years

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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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