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Population

Where people live, at the vintage we can source.

SEDAC / WorldPop 2020

Where people live, gridded: NASA SEDAC GPW and WorldPop, models fitted to censuses, not a headcount of every street.

NASA Black Marble 2012

NASA Black Marble: city lights and gas flares as seen from orbit, a picture of electrified settlement.

UN WPP 2024 · 8.16 billion (1 July 2024)

How many people live in each country on 1 July 2024, from the UN medium-variant estimates.

GHS-SMOD R2023A · 2020 epoch · 0.02° grid

Urban centres, towns and rural land in the GHSL settlement grid for 2020.

GHS-BUILT-S R2023A · 2020 epoch · percent of cell

How much of each cell is built-up surface in the 2020 GHSL grid.

UN WPP 2024 · 2024 rate · percent per year

The 2024 annual rate of population change in each country, from the same UN medium variant.