Table 1 Existing gridded global and continental population datasets and their main characteristics.
From: Large-scale spatial population databases in infectious disease research
Code | Dataset | Producer | Method | Level of transparency in data and methodology used | Spatial resolution | Year(s) represented | Updates | Distribution policy | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPW | Gridded Population of the World | National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), University of California; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia university | GPW1: pycnophylactic; GPW2 and GPW3: areal-weighted | High | 2.5 arcminutes (~5 km) | 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 20101, 20151 | 1995,2000,2004 | Open-access | |
GRUMP | Global Rural Urban Mapping Project | Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia university; International Food Policy Research Institute; The World Bank; Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Dasymetric | High | 30 arcseconds (~1 km) | 1990, 1995, 2000 | 2000, 2004 | Open-access | [44] |
LandScan | LandScan Global Population database | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Smart | Low | 30 arcseconds (~1 km) | year of release | 1998; yearly from 2000 to 2010 | Commercial | |
UNEP | UN Environment Programme global population datasets | United Nations Environment Programme/Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID), Sioux Falls | Smart | High | 2.5 arcminutes (~5 km) | 2000 | 1996, 2004 | Open-access | |
AfriPop | AfriPop population dataset for Africa | AfriPop project: University of Oxford, University of Florida and Université Libre de Bruxelles | Dasymetric | High | 3 arcseconds (~100 m) | 2010 | 2011 | Open-access |