Federico-Tena World Population Historical Database: Quality Assessment (2025)

Federico-Tena World Population Historical Database provides a quality assessment of global population data. The dataset was developed by Giovanni Federico of New York University Abu Dhabi and Antonio Tena Junguito of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It was last updated in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Assess the reliability of historical population estimates based on the quality assessment framework.
• Benchmark national population statistics for cross-country historical analysis.
• Identify data gaps or inconsistencies in global historical demographic records.

Strengths

• Developed by named academic researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
• Last updated on 2025-10-14, indicating recent maintenance.
• Focuses on quality assessment, a specific and valuable analytical dimension.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Giovanni Federico (New York University Abu Dhabi) and Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

Time Range

Historical coverage is implied, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-14 21:51:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

World population data is implied, but specific countries are unknown.