Datasets
OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) vs WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020
A verified, side-by-side comparison. Both records are status-checked by Findra, so you are comparing what each actually offers today, not a stale listing.
Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / ODbL
Free / CC-BY 4.0
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
24 Jun 2026
24 Jun 2026
Tags
openstreetmap, osm, shapefile, geopackage, vector
population, raster, geotiff, worldpop, gridded
Summary
Daily-updated OpenStreetMap data extract for Nigeria in .osm.pbf (~677 MB), ESRI shapefile .shp.zip (~2.0 GB) and .gpkg.zip (~2.0 GB), plus dated historical snapshots. Distributed by Geofabrik under ODbL.
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.