PopClusters

Population clusters for sub-Saharan Africa. The population clusters include the following data:

1. id – The IDs are given as a unique number for each cluster
2. Country - Name of the country.
3. Population – This is the population in each cluster obtained from the population dataset (GHSL for Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan and HRSL for the rest of the countries). The population in these clusters are calibrated to 2016 population values
4. NightLight – This value is obtained from the night-time light map and represents the maximum luminance detected in each cluster based on the 2016 stable light product available.
5. ElecPop – The number of people in each cluster who live in areas in which the stable light product detect light sources.
6. Area – The area of each cluster given in square kilometrers.
7. IsUrban – Classifies areas as either urban (2), peri-urban (1) or rural (0).

Change log:

24/08-2020 - Clusters published
30/08-2020 - Added reference to the GitHub repository used to generate the clusters