Age and sex structures |
Estimates of total number of people per grid square broken down by gender and age groupings (including 0-1 and by 5-year up to 80+) in 2018 for ZambiaThe dataset is available to download in Geotiff format at a resolution of 3 arc (approximately 100m at the equator) . The projection is Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84. The units are estimated number of male/female in each age group per grid square.The mapping approach is Pezzulo, C. et al. Sub-national mapping of population pyramids and dependency ratios in Africa and Asia. Sci. Data 4:170089 doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.89 (2017)Filenames: Example - afg_f_05_2000.tif People per pixel (PPP) for female age group 5 to 9 years (f_05) in Afghanistan for year 2000.For other datasets, m = male, 00 = age group 0 to 12months, 01 = age group 1 to 4 years, 80 = age 80 years and over
WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00646