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GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 vs WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020

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GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020
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
10 Oct 2026
Tags
geopackage, settlements, grid3, building-footprints, ciesin
population, raster, geotiff, worldpop, gridded
Links
Website Docs
Website Docs
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.

GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 vs WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020 at a glance

GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 and WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020 are both listed under Geographic in Wycord's Datasets index.

Both are based in Nigeria.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 100% uptime for GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 (36 checks) and 100% for WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020 (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 212 ms for GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 and 77 ms for WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020.

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Pricing: GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0, Free / CC-BY-SA 4.0; WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020, Free / CC-BY 4.0.
  • Average latency: GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0, 212 ms; WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020, 77 ms.

Topics

Only GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0: geopackage, settlements, grid3, building-footprints, ciesin.

Only WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020: population, raster, geotiff, worldpop, gridded.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 or WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020?
They are level at 100% over the last 30 days.
Do GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 or WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020 need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 and WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020 working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 and WorldPop Nigeria Population Counts 2020 based?
Both are based in Nigeria.

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