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  • Geospatial analysis
  • Demography
  • Sustainable development studies

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  • Global gridded population data are crucial for sustainable development initiatives.
  • Existing datasets are primarily calibrated for urban environments, leaving rural accuracy largely unexamined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically validate the accuracy of global gridded population datasets specifically within rural areas.
  • To assess the extent of underestimation in rural population figures provided by major datasets.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized reported human resettlement data from 307 large dam construction projects across 35 countries as a ground truth.
  • Compared resettlement figures against estimates from prominent global gridded population datasets (WorldPop, GWP, GRUMP, LandScan, GHS-POP).

Main Results:

  • Identified substantial discrepancies among datasets, with consistent and significant negative biases.
  • Observed underestimation ranging from -53% (WorldPop) to -84% (GHS-POP), indicating rural populations are often halved in estimates.
  • Even the most accurate dataset underestimated rural populations by 50% compared to reported resettlement figures.

Conclusions:

  • Current global gridded population datasets exhibit critical underestimation of rural populations.
  • This bias necessitates a re-evaluation of past and future applications of these datasets to ensure equitable resource distribution.
  • Improving rural population data accuracy requires enhanced census methods, alternative data sources, and refined population modeling calibration.