Americas Datasets

Peer-reviewed raster-based population distribution datasets having a resolution of 3 arc seconds (approximately 100m at the equator) and created using a Random Forest-based dasymetric mapping approach (Stevens et al., 2015; see Other References in the Metadata) to disaggregate official population count data for 28 countries located in Latin America and the Caribbean – FILENAME CONVENTION: ISO_ppp/pph_v2b_YEAR_UNadj.tif = Country (identified by its unique ISO code) population per pixel (ppp)/per hectare (pph) dataset referring to a specific year (YEAR) adjusted to match United Nations national estimates (UNadj) and produced using the version 2b (v2b) of the WorldPop-RF code available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1491490 (Stevens et al., 2015; see Related Material in the Metadata).