Expanded Global Population Mapping

Keywords: population geography, census, gridded, humanitarian, disasters
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Friday
Session Start / End Time: 2/25/2022 11:20 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/25/2022 12:40 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 56

Abstract

The U.S. Census Bureau has recently expanded the number of subnational, geo-enabled population data sets available on Census.gov. International geospatial products are based on census and survey data, administrative geography, and satellite imagery.

We develop geo-demographic data sets needed for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts worldwide, but the data products also have applications in government, education, research, and the nonprofit sector. We have released population data sets and administrative geography for dozens of countries in support of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and high-resolution gridded population layers for seven countries through the Demobase mapping program (The Bahamas, Dominica, Haiti, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Sudan).

The products include data on age and sex for all countries, and additional variables such as language or employment for some countries. All country products include subnational boundaries at the lowest level available. Subnational boundaries are obtained from national sources or online repositories, edited to provide a good fit with the subnational units listed in each country’s most recent national census. Country coverage currently includes many African and several Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American countries. Upcoming data releases will further expand the number of countries for which maps and data are available.