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    UK gridded population at 1 km resolution for 2021 based on Census 2021/2022...

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    E. Carnell; S.J. Tomlinson; S. Reis (2025). UK gridded population at 1 km resolution for 2021 based on Census 2021/2022 and Land Cover Map 2021 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5285/7beefde9-c520-4ddf-897a-0167e8918595
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    Dataset updated
    Feb 26, 2025
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    NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
    Authors
    E. Carnell; S.J. Tomlinson; S. Reis
    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    Dataset funded by
    Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
    Description

    This dataset contains gridded human population with a spatial resolution of 1 km x 1 km for the UK based on Census 2021 (Census 2022 for Scotland) and Land Cover Map 2021 input data. Data on population distribution for the United Kingdom is available from statistical offices in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and provided to the public e.g. via the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Population data is typically provided in tabular form or, based on a range of different geographical units, in file types for geographical information systems (GIS), for instance as ESRI Shapefiles. The geographical units reflect administrative boundaries at different levels of detail, from Devolved Administration to Output Areas (OA), wards or intermediate geographies. While the presentation of data on the level of these geographical units is useful for statistical purposes, accounting for spatial variability for instance of environmental determinants of public health requires a more spatially homogeneous population distribution. For this purpose, the dataset presented here combines 2021/2022 UK Census population data on Output Area level with Land Cover Map 2021 land-use classes 'urban' and 'suburban' to create a consistent and comprehensive gridded population data product at 1 km x 1 km spatial resolution. The mapping product is based on British National Grid (OSGB36 datum).

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    Data from: UK gridded population based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map...

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    Updated Jul 24, 2018
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    Environmental Information Data Centre (2018). UK gridded population based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2007 [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/odso/data_gov_uk/OWY2MzI5NzgtNjRjMi00ZDU4LWEyOGMtZjhhMGM4NmE5ODlh
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    Jul 24, 2018
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    Environmental Information Data Centre
    Area covered
    516da3b3ee20d13f57500571bdab6b1a3bd6ab60, United Kingdom
    Description

    THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN and superseded by UK Gridded Population 2011 based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2015 (https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0995e94d-6d42-40c1-8ed4-5090d82471e1). This dataset contains gridded population with a spatial resolution of 1 km x 1 km for the UK based on Census 2011 and Land Cover Map 2007 input data. Data on population distribution for the United Kingdom is available from statistical offices in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and provided to the public e.g. via the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Population data is typically provided in tabular form or, based on a range of different geographical units, in file types for geographical information systems (GIS), for instance as ESRI Shapefiles. The geographical units reflect administrative boundaries at different levels of detail, from Devolved Administration to Output Areas (OA), wards or intermediate geographies . While the presentation of data on the level of these geographical units is useful for statistical purposes, accounting for spatial variability for instance of environmental determinants of public health requires a more spatially homogeneous population distribution. For this purpose, the dataset presented here combines 2011 UK Census population data on Output Area level with Land Cover Map 2007 land-use classes 'urban' and 'suburban' to create a consistent and comprehensive gridded population data product at 1 km x 1 km spatial resolution. The mapping product is based on British National Grid (OSGB36 datum).

  3. ONS Population Estimate Summary

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    Updated Mar 18, 2021
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    Esri UK (2021). ONS Population Estimate Summary [Dataset]. https://hub.arcgis.com/maps/39e64be2146f466f85f2529568c32d42
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    Mar 18, 2021
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    Esrihttp://esri.com/
    Authors
    Esri UK
    Area covered
    Description

    Office for National Statistics’ national and subnational total mid-year population estimates for England and Wales for a selection of administrative and census areas by sex for 2012 to 2020. The data is source is from ONS Population Estimates. Find out more about this dataset here.

    This data is issued at (BGC) Generalised (20m) boundary type for:

    Country, Region, Upper Tier Local Authority (2021), Lower Tier Local Authority (2021), Middle Super Output Area (2011), and Lower Super Output Area (2011).

    If you require the data at full resolution boundaries, or if you are interested in the range of statistical data that Esri UK make available in ArcGIS Online please enquire at dataenquiries@esriuk.com.

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces annual estimates of the resident population of England and Wales at 30 June every year. The most authoritative population estimates come from the census, which takes place every 10 years in the UK. Population estimates from a census are updated each year to produce mid-year population estimates (MYEs), which are broken down by local authority, sex and age. More detailed information on the methods used to generate the mid-year population estimates can be found here.

    For further information on the usefulness of the data and guidance on small area geographies please see here.The currency of this data is 2021.

    Methodology

    The total and 5-year breakdown population counts are reproduced directly from the source data. The age range estimates have been calculated from the published estimates by single year of age. The percentages are calculated using the gender specific (total, female or male) total population count as a denominator except in the case of the male and female total population where the total population is used to give female and male proportions.

    This dataset will be updated annually, in two releases.

    Creator: Office for National Statistics. Aggregated age groupings and percentages calculated by Esri UK._The data services available from this page are derived from the National Data Service. The NDS delivers thousands of open national statistical indicators for the UK as data-as-a-service. Data are sourced from major providers such as the Office for National Statistics, Public Health England and Police UK and made available for your area at standard geographies such as counties, districts and wards and census output areas. This premium service can be consumed as online web services or on-premise for use throughout the ArcGIS system.Read more about the NDS.

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    Census 21 - Ward population density

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    • leicester.opendatasoft.com
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    Updated Apr 19, 2023
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    (2023). Census 21 - Ward population density [Dataset]. https://data.leicester.gov.uk/explore/dataset/census-21-ward-population-density/
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 19, 2023
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    The census is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics every 10 years and gives us a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. The most recent census took place in March of 2021.The census asks every household questions about the people who live there and the type of home they live in. In doing so, it helps to build a detailed snapshot of society. Information from the census helps the government and local authorities to plan and fund local services, such as education, doctors' surgeries and roads.Key census statistics for Leicester are published on the open data platform to make information accessible to local services, voluntary and community groups, and residents. There is also a dashboard published showcasing various datasets from the census allowing users to view data for Leicester and compare this with national statistics.Further information about the census and full datasets can be found on the ONS website - https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/aboutcensus/censusproductsPopulation DensityDefinition: This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by population density (number of usual residents per square kilometre). The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

  5. Population density in the UK in 2023, by region

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Population density in the UK in 2023, by region [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281322/population-density-in-the-uk-by-region/
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 25, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    As of 2023, the population density in London was by far the highest number of people per square km in the UK, at *****. Of the other regions and countries which constitute the United Kingdom, North West England was the next most densely populated area at *** people per square kilometer. Scotland, by contrast, is the most sparsely populated country or region in the United Kingdom, with only ** people per square kilometer. Countries, regions, and cities According to the official mid-year population estimate, the population of the United Kingdom was just almost **** million in 2022. Most of the population lived in England, where an estimated **** million people resided, followed by Scotland at **** million, Wales at **** million and finally Northern Ireland at just over *** million. Within England, the South East was the region with the highest population at almost **** million, followed by the London region at around *** million. In terms of urban areas, Greater London is the largest city in the United Kingdom, followed by Greater Manchester and Birmingham in the North West and West Midlands regions of England. London calling London's huge size in relation to other UK cities is also reflected by its economic performance. In 2021, London's GDP was approximately *** billion British pounds, almost a quarter of UK GDP overall. In terms of GDP per capita, Londoners had a GDP per head of ****** pounds, compared with an average of ****** for the country as a whole. Productivity, expressed as by output per hour worked, was also far higher in London than the rest of the country. In 2021, London was around **** percent more productive than the rest of the country, with South East England the only other region where productivity was higher than the national average.

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    United Kingdom - Population Density (people Per Sq. Km)

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    Updated May 27, 2017
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2017). United Kingdom - Population Density (people Per Sq. Km) [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/population-density-people-per-sq-km-wb-data.html
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    excel, csv, json, xmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 27, 2017
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1976 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in United Kingdom was reported at 279 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United Kingdom - Population density (people per sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

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    Mongolia 100m Urban change

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    Updated May 5, 2023
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    WorldPop, (2023). Mongolia 100m Urban change [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00173
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    May 5, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    University of Southampton
    Authors
    WorldPop,
    Area covered
    Mongolia
    Description

    DATASET: Alpha version 2000 and 2010 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and MODIS-derived urban extent change built in. REGION: Asia SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described on the website and in: Gaughan AE, Stevens FR, Linard C, Jia P and Tatem AJ, 2013, High resolution population distribution maps for Southeast Asia in 2010 and 2015, PLoS ONE, 8(2): e55882 FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - VNM00urbchg.tif = Vietnam (VNM) population count map for 2000 (00) adjusted to match UN national estimates and incorporating urban extent and urban population estimates for 2000. DATE OF PRODUCTION: July 2013 Dataset construction details and input data are provided here: www.asiapop.org and here: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0055882

  8. Population of the UK 2023, by region

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    Updated Oct 14, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Population of the UK 2023, by region [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/294729/uk-population-by-region/
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    Oct 14, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    The population of the United Kingdom in 2023 was estimated to be approximately 68.3 million in 2023, with almost 9.48 million people living in South East England. London had the next highest population, at over 8.9 million people, followed by the North West England at 7.6 million. With the UK's population generally concentrated in England, most English regions have larger populations than the constituent countries of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, which had populations of 5.5 million, 3.16 million, and 1.92 million respectively. English counties and cities The United Kingdom is a patchwork of various regional units, within England the largest of these are the regions shown here, which show how London, along with the rest of South East England had around 18 million people living there in this year. The next significant regional units in England are the 47 metropolitan and ceremonial counties. After London, the metropolitan counties of the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, and West Yorkshire were the biggest of these counties, due to covering the large urban areas of Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds respectively. Regional divisions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The smaller countries that comprise the United Kingdom each have different local subdivisions. Within Scotland these are called council areas whereas in Wales the main regional units are called unitary authorities. Scotland's largest Council Area by population is that of Glasgow City at over 622,000, while in Wales, it was the Cardiff Unitary Authority at around 372,000. Northern Ireland, on the other hand, has eleven local government districts, the largest of which is Belfast with a population of around 348,000.

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    India - Population density (2015)

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    Open Africa (2019). India - Population density (2015) [Dataset]. http://cloud.csiss.gmu.edu/dataset/895349ca-836e-44c2-b036-2d38a41ecc0e
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    Dataset updated
    May 13, 2019
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    Open Africa
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    India
    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    India data available from WorldPop here.

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    Taiwan 100m Urban change

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    Updated May 5, 2023
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    WorldPop, (2023). Taiwan 100m Urban change [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00263
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    May 5, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    University of Southampton
    Authors
    WorldPop,
    Area covered
    Taiwan
    Description

    DATASET: Alpha version 2000 and 2010 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and MODIS-derived urban extent change built in. REGION: Asia SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described on the website and in: Gaughan AE, Stevens FR, Linard C, Jia P and Tatem AJ, 2013, High resolution population distribution maps for Southeast Asia in 2010 and 2015, PLoS ONE, 8(2): e55882 FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - VNM00urbchg.tif = Vietnam (VNM) population count map for 2000 (00) adjusted to match UN national estimates and incorporating urban extent and urban population estimates for 2000. DATE OF PRODUCTION: July 2013 Dataset construction details and input data are provided here: www.asiapop.org and here: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0055882

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    Japan - Population density (2015)

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    Open Africa (2019). Japan - Population density (2015) [Dataset]. https://cloud.csiss.gmu.edu/uddi/dataset/japan-population-density-2015
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    Dataset updated
    May 13, 2019
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    Open Africa
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    Japan data available from WorldPop here.

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    Sudan - Population density (2015)

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    Updated Aug 11, 2017
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    (2017). Sudan - Population density (2015) [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/africaopendata_org/YzBhZDk4OWMtNzBmOC00MzZmLWJiNWYtODkyYmU0NjlmMjc0
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 11, 2017
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    Sudan data available from WorldPop here.

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    Tonga 100m Urban change

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    Updated May 5, 2023
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    WorldPop, (2023). Tonga 100m Urban change [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00278
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    May 5, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    University of Southampton
    Authors
    WorldPop,
    Area covered
    Tonga
    Description

    DATASET: Alpha version 2000 and 2010 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and MODIS-derived urban extent change built in. REGION: Asia SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described on the website and in: Gaughan AE, Stevens FR, Linard C, Jia P and Tatem AJ, 2013, High resolution population distribution maps for Southeast Asia in 2010 and 2015, PLoS ONE, 8(2): e55882 FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - VNM00urbchg.tif = Vietnam (VNM) population count map for 2000 (00) adjusted to match UN national estimates and incorporating urban extent and urban population estimates for 2000. DATE OF PRODUCTION: July 2013 Dataset construction details and input data are provided here: www.asiapop.org and here: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0055882

  14. Population of England 2023, by county

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    Updated Oct 23, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Population of England 2023, by county [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971694/county-population-england/
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 23, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    England, United Kingdom
    Description

    In 2023, almost nine million people lived in Greater London, making it the most populated ceremonial county in England. The West Midlands Metropolitan County, which contains the large city of Birmingham, was the second-largest county at 2.98 million inhabitants, followed by Greater Manchester and then West Yorkshire with populations of 2.95 million and 2.4 million, respectively. Kent, Essex, and Hampshire were the three next-largest counties in terms of population, each with around 1.89 million people. A patchwork of regions England is just one of the four countries that compose the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with England, Scotland and Wales making up Great Britain. England is therefore not to be confused with Great Britain or the United Kingdom as a whole. Within England, the next subdivisions are the nine regions of England, containing various smaller units such as unitary authorities, metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan districts. The counties in this statistic, however, are based on the ceremonial counties of England as defined by the Lieutenancies Act of 1997. Regions of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Like England, the other countries of the United Kingdom have their own regional subdivisions, although with some different terminology. Scotland’s subdivisions are council areas, while Wales has unitary authorities, and Northern Ireland has local government districts. As of 2022, the most-populated Scottish council area was Glasgow City, with over 622,000 inhabitants. In Wales, Cardiff had the largest population among its unitary authorities, and in Northern Ireland, Belfast was the local government area with the most people living there.

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    mali-republic-population-density-2015

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    Energy Data (2021). mali-republic-population-density-2015 [Dataset]. https://catalogue-staging.nextgeoss.eu/dataset/mali-republic-population-density-2015
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 14, 2021
    Dataset provided by
    Energy Data
    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    Mali data available from WorldPop here.

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    Singapore - Population density (2015)

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    (2017). Singapore - Population density (2015) [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/africaopendata_org/YWI5ZjBlZGMtZjdhMS00MDg2LTg0OTgtZmI2OGUyYjg5N2Jl
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 11, 2017
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    Singapore
    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    Singapore data available from WorldPop here.

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    Taiwan - Population density (2015)

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    Updated May 13, 2019
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    Open Africa (2019). Taiwan - Population density (2015) [Dataset]. https://cloud.csiss.gmu.edu/uddi/ar/dataset/taiwan-population-density-2015
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    Dataset updated
    May 13, 2019
    Dataset provided by
    Open Africa
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    Taiwan
    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    Taiwan data available from WorldPop here.

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    Azerbaijan - Population density (2015)

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    Updated Aug 11, 2017
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    (2017). Azerbaijan - Population density (2015) [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/africaopendata_org/NDAyYjRjZTAtZGU5YS00MGU5LTk5MWItNWQwNTgxMDhlZTQx
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 11, 2017
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata.

    DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.

    REGION: Africa

    SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)

    PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84

    UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square

    MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.

    FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)

    FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

    Azerbaijan data available from WorldPop here.

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    UK SSP: Population (units: headcount)

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    Updated Feb 22, 2022
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    Met Office (2022). UK SSP: Population (units: headcount) [Dataset]. https://climate-themetoffice.hub.arcgis.com/maps/uk-ssp-population-units-headcount
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    Dataset updated
    Feb 22, 2022
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Met Office
    Area covered
    Description

    What does the data show?

    Population from the UK Climate Resilience Programme UK-SSPs project. The data is available for the end of each decade. Provided on a 2km Transverse Mercator Grid (prj4string: “+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.9996012717 +x_0=400000 +y_0=-100000 +a=6377563.396 +rf=299.324975315035 +units=m +no_defs”).

    The source data was originally at a 1km resolution, but for usability it has been converted to 2km resolution.

    This dataset contains SSP1, SSP2, SSP3, SSP4 and SSP5. For more information see the table below.

    Indicator

    Population

    Metric

    Population

    Unit

    Headcount

    Spatial Resolution

    2km grid (sourced from 1km grid)

    Temporal Resolution

    Decadal

    Sectoral Categories

    N/A

    Baseline Data Source

    ONS 2019; LCM 2015, Worldpop 2020

    Projection Trend Source

    IIASA; UK SSP urbanisation

    What are the naming conventions and how do I explore the data?

    This data contains a field for each SSP scenario and the year at the end of each decade. For example, 'SSP1_2040' is the projection for 2040 in the SSP1 scenario.

    There are a small number of features in this data with much higher population values than the majority of features. This can skew the styling, and so if you want to emphasise areas of high density population you may wish to adjust the style settings to account for this.

    To understand how to explore the data, see this page: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/457e7a2bc73e40b089fac0e47c63a578

    Please note, if viewing in ArcGIS Map Viewer, the map will default to ‘SSP1_2020’ values.

    What are Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)?

    The global SSPs, used in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments, are five different storylines of future socioeconomic circumstances, explaining how the global economy and society might evolve over the next 80 years. Crucially, the global SSPs are independent of climate change and climate change policy, i.e. they do not consider the potential impact climate change has on societal and economic choices.

    Instead, they are designed to be coupled with a set of future climate scenarios, the Representative Concentration Pathways or ‘RCPs’. When combined together within climate research (in any number of ways), the SSPs and RCPs can tell us how feasible it would be to achieve different levels of climate change mitigation, and what challenges to climate change mitigation and adaptation might exist.

    Until recently, UK-specific versions of the global SSPs were not available to combine with the RCP-based climate projections. The aim of the UK-SSPs project was to fill this gap by developing a set of socioeconomic scenarios for the UK that is consistent with the global SSPs used by the IPCC community, and which will provide the basis for further UK research on climate risk and resilience.

    Useful links:Further information on the UK SSPs can be found on the UK SSP project site and in this storymap.Further information on RCP scenarios, SSPs and understanding climate data within the Met Office Climate Data Portal.

  20. s

    Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100m Urban change

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    Updated May 5, 2023
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    WorldPop, (2023). Democratic People's Republic of Korea 100m Urban change [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00070
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    Dataset updated
    May 5, 2023
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    University of Southampton
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    WorldPop,
    Area covered
    North Korea
    Description

    DATASET: Alpha version 2000 and 2010 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and MODIS-derived urban extent change built in. REGION: Asia SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described on the website and in: Gaughan AE, Stevens FR, Linard C, Jia P and Tatem AJ, 2013, High resolution population distribution maps for Southeast Asia in 2010 and 2015, PLoS ONE, 8(2): e55882 FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - VNM00urbchg.tif = Vietnam (VNM) population count map for 2000 (00) adjusted to match UN national estimates and incorporating urban extent and urban population estimates for 2000. DATE OF PRODUCTION: July 2013 Dataset construction details and input data are provided here: www.asiapop.org and here: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0055882

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E. Carnell; S.J. Tomlinson; S. Reis (2025). UK gridded population at 1 km resolution for 2021 based on Census 2021/2022 and Land Cover Map 2021 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5285/7beefde9-c520-4ddf-897a-0167e8918595

UK gridded population at 1 km resolution for 2021 based on Census 2021/2022 and Land Cover Map 2021

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Dataset updated
Feb 26, 2025
Dataset provided by
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Authors
E. Carnell; S.J. Tomlinson; S. Reis
Time period covered
Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2022
Area covered
Dataset funded by
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Description

This dataset contains gridded human population with a spatial resolution of 1 km x 1 km for the UK based on Census 2021 (Census 2022 for Scotland) and Land Cover Map 2021 input data. Data on population distribution for the United Kingdom is available from statistical offices in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and provided to the public e.g. via the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Population data is typically provided in tabular form or, based on a range of different geographical units, in file types for geographical information systems (GIS), for instance as ESRI Shapefiles. The geographical units reflect administrative boundaries at different levels of detail, from Devolved Administration to Output Areas (OA), wards or intermediate geographies. While the presentation of data on the level of these geographical units is useful for statistical purposes, accounting for spatial variability for instance of environmental determinants of public health requires a more spatially homogeneous population distribution. For this purpose, the dataset presented here combines 2021/2022 UK Census population data on Output Area level with Land Cover Map 2021 land-use classes 'urban' and 'suburban' to create a consistent and comprehensive gridded population data product at 1 km x 1 km spatial resolution. The mapping product is based on British National Grid (OSGB36 datum).

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