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Refugee-hosting districts show stronger maternal health outcomes in Uganda, study finds
24 April 2026
Read the latest news and stories from WorldPop programmes and people that inspire.​
How Population Explorer Turns WorldPop Open Data into Action
24 April 2026
WorldPop joins the first cohort of DHIS2 Strategic Technology Partners
20 April 2026
Strengthening Population Data in Nigeria Through Co-developing Geospatial Innovation
16 April 2026
Mapping Somalia’s Future: Inside WorldPop’s Data Workshop in Nairobi
9 April 2026
Researchers Reveal 63 Million Women at Risk of Zero Maternal Health Services
7 April 2026
WorldPop researchers improve mapping accuracy for rare habitats
1 April 2026
Thank You, Olayinka Oke: Advancing Population Science Through Collaboration
31 March 2026
Mapping Human Impact: WorldPop Open Data Powering Global Journalism
19 March 2026
Predicting the Next Wave: Mapping the “War” Between Viruses
18 March 2026
Strengthening population data for better decisions in the Caribbean
17 March 2026
Build a Population Map with LEGO at the Southampton Science & Engineering Festival
12 March 2026
Using Digital Trace Data to Understand Human Movement in Crises
11 March 2026
New high-resolution mapping reveals critical measles vaccination gaps in children
5 March 2026
Mapping the Future: How WorldPop Global 2 is Revolutionizing Health Data in DHIS2
4 March 2026
From Insight to Impact: WorldPop and JRC Explore Closer Collaboration
4 March 2026
WorldPop establishes new Advisory Board to drive global health and development impact
3 March 2026
High-Resolution Mapping Sheds Light on Rapid Urban Growth
18 February 2026
Help for planners as cities grow in the Global South
16 February 2026
Researchers reveal global patterns of ‘urban exodus’
12 February 2026
WorldPop/IDAC Webinar: Demographic Gaps for Children on the Move
11 February 2026
Help Shape the Future of WorldPop Open Data
10 February 2026
Global Population Data Experts Refute Claims of Systematic Rural Underrepresentation
5 February 2026
Transforming Social Media Signals into Accurate Population Maps for Crisis Response
4 February 2026
Strengthening Data Systems Together: WorldPop Meets the DHIS2 Team in Oslo
3 February 2026
Celebrating a Milestone: 1 Million Downloads and Counting
3 February 2026
Advancing National Survey Data with Geospatial Innovation in the Arab States
29 January 2026
Mapping 25 Years of Vaccination Progress in Nigeria: New High-Resolution Insights
28 January 2026
Mapping People, Places and Change: Exploring WorldPop’s Latest Global Data Releases
27 January 2026
How Open Population Data Makes a Difference in Crisis Response
20 January 2026
WorldPop Strengthens Academic Links with Komar University
14 January 2026
The Data Behind the Shield: How Early Warnings and Population Maps Save Lives
13 January 2026
Counting Everyone in a Changing City
7 January 2026
Mapping the Last Mile: How Data Is Helping Reach Unvaccinated Children
6 January 2026
Start the New Year by Exploring WorldPop’s Free Learning Resources
1 January 2026
Mapping the Invisible: How Technology Is Filling the World’s Population Data Gaps
22 December 2025
Hybrid Census in Cameroon: Making Sure Everyone Counts
18 December 2025
When Heatwaves Strike, Do City Adaptation Measures Really Help?
17 December 2025
DEGURBA: Why Your Urban Definition Depends on Your Data
16 December 2025
Skills for Smarter Planning: How DEGURBA Capacity Building Is Empowering Countries
9 December 2025
How Our Social Connections Shape the Spread of Disease: What New Research Reveals
3 December 2025
First Automated Census-Mapping Workshop in Malawi a Success
3 December 2025
WorldPop Strengthens Regional Partnerships at CARICOM’s 50th Statistics Meeting in Curaçao
2 December 2025
Progress in Population and Urban Data: Highlights from the Human Planet Forum 2025
26 November 2025
WorldPop Global 2: A New Era of High-Resolution Population Data
20 November 2025
Movement, Population, and Infection: How Mobility Data Is Transforming Epidemic Modelling and Control
18 November 2025
New Global 1 km Population Projections Released to Advance Climate and Health Research (Version 0.2)
12 November 2025
Lessons from COVID-19: How Data and Modelling Evolved During the Pandemic
27 October 2025
The Future is Geospatial: Powering Africa’s Growth with Location Intelligence
24 October 2025
Advancing Wastewater Surveillance and Population Mapping at Dhaka Stakeholder Engagement Meeting
15 October 2025
Highlighting African Leadership in Evidence-Informed Policymaking at Evidence25
7 October 2025
How WorldPop Data Powers Google’s Global Flood Forecasting Revolution
25 September 2025
WorldPop: Sharpening Pakistan’s Survey Tools with Geospatial Know-How
24 September 2025
Mapping People, Powering Response: WorldPop’s Work in Focus
17 September 2025
Further Improvement for Public Health Planning: WorldPop Brings High-Resolution Population Estimates to DRC
11 September 2025
New Global Population Dataset Unveiled at Packed WorldPop Webinar
9 September 2025
WorldPop Unveils Global 2: Next-Generation Global Population Dataset
4 September 2025
WorldPop ‘Global2’: Global high-resolution population estimates for 2015-2030
3 September 2025
Supporting Groundbreaking Data Initiative in Somalia
3 September 2025
WorldPop Brings Cutting-Edge Mapping Technology to Support Malawi’s 2028 Census
2 September 2025
Teaming up With UNICEF to Find and Vaccinate Zero-Dose Children
1 September 2025
Smarter Maps, Healthier Lives: New Study Reveals Best Tools to Target Vaccine Gaps
28 August 2025
New Study Maps Malaria Risk in Senegal by Blending Environment and Vulnerability
21 August 2025
WorldPop Showcases Population Modelling at Global Statistics Summit
19 August 2025
New Study Warns of Sharp Rise in Heat-Related Deaths Across Europe Due to Climate Change
12 August 2025
WorldPop Co-Produces Vital Population Data for UN Disaster Risk Study
7 August 2025
Discover the Power of Population Data: Join Our Upcoming Webinar
6 August 2025
New Open Access Geospatial Datasets to Enhance Global Population Mapping
5 August 2025
New Method Revolutionises Population Mapping for Better Planning
31 July 2025
Greenpeace Uses WorldPop Data to Map Global Petrochemical Pollution Risks
30 July 2025
Population Data and Vaccine Mapping in Focus at Key Global Conferences
23 July 2025
Mapping Populations for India’s Development
22 July 2025
WorldPop Beta Data Users Give High Marks in New Global Survey
17 July 2025
Disappearing People: The Future of Public Policy Depends on Co-Development in Demographic Data
19 June 2025
Despite Progress Nearly 1 Million Children in West Africa Still Miss Out on Life-Saving Vaccines
10 June 2025
The We Society: Population, Data & Destiny
4 June 2025
How WorldPop Uses Google Open Building Data
3 June 2025
Beta Test Our New Global Population Data – 2015 to 2030
1 May 2025
Building Census Readiness: Geospatial Training Boosts Capacity for Somali Statisticians
15 April 2025
New Method Developed for High-Resolution Mapping of Refugee Populations
3 January 2025
New Research Maps Vaccination Coverage Gaps in Nigeria to Support Measles Control Efforts
3 January 2025
New Tool Maps Progress in Child and Maternal Health Across Low- and Middle-Income Countries
3 January 2025
New Study Reviews How Human Mobility Data Shaped Our Understanding of COVID-19 Transmission
3 January 2025
WorldPop 10-year Anniversary Event
23 October 2024
WorldPop’s Global Impact Highlighted in New Report by Dev-Afrique
13 September 2024
WorldPop to advise UK government on big data, machine learning and AI
1 May 2024
WorldPop Directors Discuss Data Empowerment at UN Statistical Commission
4 April 2024
Geospatial Capacity Strengthening in Nigeria
27 March 2024
Preparing a National Sampling Frame: capacity strengthening in Cameroon
26 February 2024
Conflict Exposure Calculator: a new tool to measure the impact of conflict
9 February 2024
WorldPop at “Statistical Mind: 70 making us all count” in Bogotá, Colombia
11 January 2024
New open-source dataset and interactive web portal unlocks hidden potential for health and climate research
9 January 2024
Training and technical support for Thai census
20 December 2023
Data and regional development in Iraqi Kurdistan
8 December 2023
Festival de Datos: the Data for Development Festival
16 November 2023
WorldPop agrees MOU with ACLED
16 August 2023
Capacity strengthening workshop supporting INEC Panama’s and DANE Colombia’s socio-economic surveys.
17 July 2023
Technical assistance and training on modelled population estimates and national sampling frames to support census in Latin America and the Caribbean region
27 June 2023
Strengthening skills in South Africa, Zambia and Benin
24 May 2023
“We don’t want population data just sitting on a shelf”: Professor Andy Tatem at Geopalooza 3.0
23 May 2023
Health and population data R workshop in southern Nigeria
13 March 2023
“You count, be counted” – Capacity strengthening workshops supporting Nigeria’s census
24 February 2023
What effect will lunar new year have on COVID spread in China? Our modelling shows most people have already been infected
6 February 2023
A virtual preEA workshop for the Guinea and Benin
20 December 2022
Workshop on modelled population estimates in Thailand
7 December 2022
Population estimation workshop aids decision making in Papua New Guinea
23 November 2022
Population modelling and mapping workshop supports health planning in Ghana
14 November 2022
Capacity strengthening in Papua New Guinea and Zambia
8 November 2022
WorldPop researcher celebrated for outstanding Early Career impact
3 November 2022
WorldPop takes the #30DayMapChallenge
24 October 2022
Video: Understanding population distributions supports health programmes, census preparation and disaster response
21 September 2022
Benin adopts WorldPop’s ‘preEA’ tool to conduct its first modern, digitised census
12 September 2022
Capacity strengthening in Nigeria
10 August 2022
Working with Brazil’s National Statistics Office as they prepare for their biggest ever census
21 June 2022
Exploring satellite datasets and advanced statistical models to estimate crop production in Iraq
20 May 2022
Supporting socio-economic surveys in the DRC
20 May 2022
Finding where population health studies have been conducted to inform climate-health research
20 May 2022
WorldPop, open data for spatial demography
19 May 2022
Seasonal association between viral causes of hospitalised acute lower respiratory infections and meteorological factors in China: a retrospective study
30 March 2022
International population movements and regional Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination strategies
30 March 2022
Exploring the use of mobile phone data for national migration statistics
29 March 2022
Evaluating nighttime lights and population distribution as proxies for mapping anthropogenic CO2 emission in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
19 April 2021
Changing epidemiology and challenges of malaria in China towards elimination
19 April 2021
High-resolution gridded population datasets for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010, 2015, and 2020
19 April 2021
Assessing the impact of coordinated COVID-19 exit strategies across Europe
16 April 2021
The WorldPop research programme, based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, is a multi-sectoral team of researchers, technicians and project specialists that produces data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.
Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.
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