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Requirement details

UID 190
Name Population distribution
Description Definition of requirement: distribution of residential population, expressed as the number of people per cell. Coverage requirement: Global
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Group Large scale population information
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
5 years
3 years
1 year
Timeliness
< 1 hour
Scale
1:600000
1:500000
1:200000
Horizontal resolution
300 m
250 m
100 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Valid
Created on May 15, 2018, 2:09 p.m.
Last updated on Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
525 Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:41 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:41 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.
86 Crisis Situation Picture Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Resolution, Update Frequency May 15, 2018, 2:10 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 12:42 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
438 P11 - Human footprint evaluation of cities Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 4:45 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
437 P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 14, 2020, 4:45 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
241 Global Human Settlements Population (GHS-POP) Partially Low update frequency May 15, 2018, 2:12 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
647 High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Jan. 17, 2021, 6:21 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
649 AFRICAPOLIS Data Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. Jan. 17, 2021, 6:37 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
646 WorldPop Data Partially The dataset accuracy could be lower than target and the coverage could be not complete. Jan. 17, 2021, 1:08 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
648 World Countries Open Data: Population distribution - demography Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. Jan. 17, 2021, 6:32 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
740 World Countries Open Data: Statistical Units Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. May 26, 2023, 11:14 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
743 Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. May 26, 2023, 11:26 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
252 Global Human Settlement Layer Fully Nov. 13, 2025, 11:19 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:40 p.m.