# Population Counts 1 km

WorldPop — version R2025A_V1

## Description

This dataset provides gridded estimates of population counts at 1 km spatial resolution, with global coverage for the period 2015-2030.

## Summary

- **ID:** 0273552c-b519-4ff8-906e-f4969c3a4fc7
- **Type:** Raster
- **CRS:** EPSG:4326
- **Spatial coverage:** Global
- **Spatial resolution:** 1 km
- **Temporal coverage:** 2015-2030
- **Temporal resolution:** Annual

## Usage notes

Coverage spans 242 countries and territories. Nine uninhabited or static-population territories are excluded, including Bouvet Island, Vatican City, and the Spratly Islands. For some countries where recent censuses are unavailable, population data is sourced from US Census Bureau subnational projections or UN Common Operational Datasets, which carry greater uncertainty.

## Variables

### population_count
- **Type:** float32
- **Units:** count
- **NoData:** -99999
Estimated number of people per pixel. Data is produced by disaggregating subnational census-based population counts into grid cells using a random forest dasymetric approach, including geospatial covariates and a built settlement growth model.

## Pricing

This dataset has no data acquisition cost.