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World 1000m. Population
Global 1km-grid population projections for 2025-2100 consistent with the SSP, version 0.2

This data release provides gridded population distributions (spatial resolution of 30 arc-seconds, approximately 1km grid cells) globally for 2025-2100, quantitatively consistent with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) 3.2 national population scenarios.

National population totals at 5-year intervals for 2025-2100 were provided for each SSP scenario. The projection for all GIS files is the geographic coordinate system WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984).

For more details about the datasets, please refer to the release statement here.

Region : World
DOI : 10.5258/SOTON/WP00849
Date of production : 2025-09-25
Recommended citation

Bondarenko M., Tejedor-Garavito N., Priyatikanto R., Zhang W., Fang W., Nosatiuk B., Gaskell J., McKeen T., Noi E., Hilton J., Butterick J., Hawker L., Tatem A. J.. "Global 1km-grid population projections for 2025-2100 consistent with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways 3.2 national population projections, version 0.2" 2025 doi:10.5258/SOTON/WP00849

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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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