Datasets
GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 vs WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020
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Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / CC-BY-SA 4.0
Free / CC-BY 4.0
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
24 Jun 2026
24 Jun 2026
Tags
geopackage, settlements, grid3, building-footprints, ciesin
population, raster, geotiff, worldpop, gridded
Summary
Geospatial dataset mapping Nigeria's settlements as settlement blocks with block-level building counts/areas, Google Open Buildings 2.5D heights, and Sentinel-2 NDVI/EVI metrics. Released March 2026 by CIESIN/Columbia in OGC GeoPackage format under CC BY-SA 4.0 via the GRID3 Data Hub.
Gridded population count raster for Nigeria at ~100m (3 arc-second) resolution, 2020, in GeoTIFF, UN-adjusted and constrained to building footprints. Single-file download ~58.67 MB from WorldPop (University of Southampton), CC BY 4.0.