Senegal - Population density (2015)
DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted.
REGION: Africa
SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)
PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84
UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square
MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743.
FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)
FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.
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Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | May 10, 2017 |
| Metadata last updated | June 27, 2023 |
| Created | unknown |
| Format | TIFF |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Created | 8 years ago |
| Media type | application/zip |
| Id | dc967d65-c691-4970-afc6-c372f327f79c |
| Package id | d7c9a12b-2003-48e6-8a93-6ce82a5b0110 |
| State | active |