Constrained estimates of 2015-2030 total number of people per grid square at a resolution of 30 arc (approximately 1km at the equator) R2025A version v1.  This work is part of the WorldPop Global Demographic Data project enabled through funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), grant number INV-045237. The projection is Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84. The units are number of people per pixel. The mapping  approach is Random Forest-based dasymetric redistribution. More information can be found in the Release Statement.

Disclaimer:
The dataset currently represents an alpha version (R2025A) product and may change over the coming year as improvements are made.

Suggested Citation:
Bondarenko M., Priyatikanto R., Tejedor-Garavito N., Zhang W., McKeen T., Cunningham A., Woods T., Hilton J., Cihan D., Nosatiuk B., Brinkhoff T., Tatem A., Sorichetta A.. Constrained estimates of 2015-2030 total number of people per grid square at a resolution of 30 arc (approximately 1km at the equator) R2025A version v1. Global Demographic Data Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-045237). WorldPop - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton. DOI:10.5258/SOTON/WP00840