title: WorldPop, open data for spatial demography.
abstract: High resolution, contemporary data on human population distributions, their characteristics and changes over time are a prerequisite for the accurate measurement of the impacts of population growth, for monitoring changes and for planning interventions. WorldPop aims to meet these needs through the provision of detailed and open access spatial demographic datasets built using transparent approaches. The Scientific Data WorldPop collection brings together descriptor papers on these datasets and is introduced here.
authors.affiliation: WorldPop, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.|Flowminder Foundation, Roslagsgatan 17, SE-11355 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tatem
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D011158:Population Growth