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WorldPop Open Population Data

The checked unconstrained country series covers 2000-2020 at approximately 100 m resolution, while the checked global 2020 mosaic is approximately 1 km and 829.43 MB. The repository listed 92,419 datasets on 2026-11-01, but temporal and geographic coverage varies by product.

Open hub.worldpop.org
Signal Scoredraft model
97
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
CC-BY-4.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
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// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Keyless REST metadata and direct data-file downloads. File size varies; the checked worldwide 2020 1 km GeoTIFF was listed as 829.43 MB.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
CC-BY-4.0terms
Licence note
WorldPop makes the checked population dataset available under CC BY 4.0 for sharing and adaptation, including commercial use, with attribution. It separately says datasets derived from OpenStreetMap, Microsoft Building Footprints or Microsoft Roads Detection use ODbL and require share-alike for altered data.
Attribution
Required: "appropriate credit and a link to the licence"; use the dataset-specific citation supplied in its catalogue record.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01hub.worldpop.org/
  2. 02www.worldpop.org/sdi/introapi/
  3. 03www.worldpop.org/rest/data/pop/wpgp?iso3=AUS
  4. 04www.worldpop.org/geodata/summary?id=24777
  5. 05data.worldpop.org/GIS/Population/Global_2000_2020/2020/0_Mosaicked/ppp_2020_1km_Aggregated.tif

// Good for

osintgeospatialhistorical-dataalt-datarisk

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "worldpop-open-population"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "WorldPop Open Population Data",
  "slug": "worldpop-open-population",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.worldpop.org/geodata/summary?id=24777",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://hub.worldpop.org/",
    "https://www.worldpop.org/sdi/introapi/",
    "https://www.worldpop.org/rest/data/pop/wpgp?iso3=AUS",
    "https://www.worldpop.org/geodata/summary?id=24777",
    "https://data.worldpop.org/GIS/Population/Global_2000_2020/2020/0_Mosaicked/ppp_2020_1km_Aggregated.tif"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "geospatial",
    "historical-data",
    "alt-data",
    "risk"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://hub.worldpop.org/"
}

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