North Korea Population Grid Estimates from 2015 to 2030 at 100m Resolution

WorldPop produced a 2025 Alpha release of gridded population estimates for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The data provides the total number of people per grid cell for the period 2015-2030, using a Random Forest-based dasymetric redistribution method at a 3 arc-second (approximately 100m) resolution in WGS84 projection. The dataset was constructed in September 2025 and last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling population density changes over time based on the 2015-2030 temporal range
• Conducting spatial risk assessments for infrastructure or health services based on population grid data
• Calibrating remote sensing or satellite-derived products using the dasymetric redistribution method mentioned
• Analyzing regional demographic patterns within North Korea based on the high-resolution spatial distribution

Strengths

• High spatial resolution of approximately 100 meters at the equator
• Covers a 15-year time range from 2015 to 2030
• Uses a modern Random Forest-based dasymetric redistribution mapping approach
• Data is provided in a standard geospatial format (GeoTIFF) and projection (WGS84)

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is labeled as a 2025 Alpha release version, indicating it may be preliminary

Provenance

Source

WorldPop

Collection Method

Random Forest-based dasymetric redistribution of population estimates.

Time Range

2015-2030

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 01:45:05.855098; freshness should be verified

Geography

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)