Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

High-resolution population estimation using household survey data and building footprints

  • Gianluca Boo,
  • Edith Darin,
  • Douglas R. Leasure,
  • Claire A. Dooley,
  • Heather R. Chamberlain,
  • Attila N. Lázár,
  • Kevin Tschirhart,
  • Cyrus Sinai,
  • Nicole A. Hoff,
  • Trevon Fuller,
  • Kamy Musene,
  • Arly Batumbo,
  • Anne W. Rimoin,
  • Andrew J. Tatem

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29094-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A lack of up-to-date population figures may hamper effective decision-making. Here, the authors develop a Bayesian model to estimate population data at high resolution in five provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.