Dataset details: Libya 100m Population______________________________________________DATASET: Version 2.0 estimates for numbers of people per pixel (ppp) for 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2020, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/), and remaining unadjusted. Note, an additional dataset is included for the census year, on which 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2020 estimates are based.REGION: AfricaSPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator)PROJECTION: Geographic WGS84UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Dasymetric modeling approach incorporating a Random Forest estimation technique (model version 2c), as described in: Stevens, F. R. et al. (2015). Disaggregating Census Data for Population Mapping Using Random Forests with Remotely-Sensed and Ancillary Data. PLOS ONE, 10(2), e0107042. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107042FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org)FILENAMES: Example LBY_ppp_2010_adj_v2.tif = Libya population per pixel (ppp) map for 2010 adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), dataset version 2 (v2)DATE OF PRODUCTION: Jan 2018CITATION: WorldPop. 2018. Libya 100m Population, Version 2. University of Southampton. DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/WP00537.
Region : Libya
DOI : 10.5258/SOTON/WP00537
Date of production : 2018-05-05
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WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton). 2018. Libya 100m Population. Version 2.0 estimates for numbers of people per pixel (ppp) for 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2020, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/), and remaining unadjusted. Note, an additional dataset is included for the census year, on which 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2020 estimates are based. DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/WP00537
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