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WorldPop Africa dataset details_______________________DATASET: Alpha version 2010, 2015 and 2020 estimates of numbers of people per pixel (ppp) with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/).REGION: AfricaSPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84UNITS: Estimated persons per grid squareMAPPING APPROACH: Random ForestFORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)FILENAMES: Example - DZA_ppp_v2b_2010_UNadj.tif = Algeria (DZA) population per pixel (ppp) map for 2010 (2010) adjusted to match UN national estimates (UNadj), version 2b (v2b)DATE OF PRODUCTION: April 2015Also included: (i) Metadata html file, (ii) Google Earth file, (iii) Population datasets produced using original census year data
WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton). 2015. Senegal 100m Population. Alpha version 2010, 2015 and 2020 estimates of numbers of people per pixel (ppp) with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/). DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/WP00230