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Mapping the Future: How WorldPop Global 2 is Revolutionizing Health Data in DHIS2 

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next During today’s WorldPop Global 2 – Yearly High-Resolution Population Data in DHIS2 webinar, experts from DHIS2 and WorldPop unveiled how they are collaborating to assist researchers, NGOs and governments understand where people live and how to reach them with essential services. The incorporation of the new WorldPop Global 2 open dataset within the DHIS2 platform aims to aid the planning of education provision, vaccination programmes, disaster relief efforts, and […]

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From Insight to Impact: WorldPop and JRC Explore Closer Collaboration

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Last week, members of the WorldPop team visited the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, meeting with the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL), Demography, and Urban and Territorial Analysis teams. The GHSL is a strategic knowledge infrastructure built by the JRC to make human

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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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WorldPop/IDAC Webinar: Demographic Gaps for Children on the Move

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WorldPop is partnering with the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) to host a webinar on February 19 exploring how AI can bridge critical demographic gaps for children on the move. This session highlights the necessity of accurate and contemporary data to ensure vulnerable populations are visible in humanitarian decision-making. Professor Andy

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Global Population Data Experts Refute Claims of Systematic Rural Underrepresentation

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An international team of researchers, including experts from the WorldPop group at the University of Southampton, has challenged recent claims that gridded global population maps systematically undercount rural communities. In a comprehensive response to a study published in Nature Communications, the team argues that allegations of a 50% undercount are based on a flawed research design that

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Transforming Social Media Signals into Accurate Population Maps for Crisis Response

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An international research team led by Dr Paolo Andrich, a visiting researcher at WorldPop based at the University of Oxford, has developed a novel statistical framework to turn anonymised, biased social media data into reliable population estimates. This approach provides a timely and contemporary alternative to traditional censuses, which are often static and struggle to

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Strengthening Data Systems Together: WorldPop Meets the DHIS2 Team in Oslo

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Last week, the WorldPop senior team met with their counterparts at DHIS2 at their headquarters in the University of Oslo. The conversations marked an important moment to step back from day-to-day technical work and focus on the bigger picture: how population data and digital administrative systems can work together to support better public services worldwide. 

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Celebrating a Milestone: 1 Million Downloads and Counting

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We’re thrilled to celebrate a major milestone in our mission to ensure that everyone, everywhere is counted in decision-making. Since 2019, our open spatial demographic datasets have reached over 1 million downloads from our own site – adding to the hundreds of thousands more from our data hosting partners including HDX, ESRI’s Living Atlas, and

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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.

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