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license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
- time-series-forecasting
tags:
- epidemiology
- demographics
- population
- world-bank
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# World Population Data (World Bank)

This dataset contains annual population estimates provided by the [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL). It is used within the **EPI-Eval** framework to provide denominators for disease incidence and prevalence calculations.

### Coverage
- **Time:** 1960 → 2023 (or latest available)
- **Geography levels:** National, Regional, and Global
- **Source:** World Bank Open Data (Indicator: SP.POP.TOTL)

### Columns
| Column | Unit | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **location_id** | String | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (e.g., USA, AFG). |
| **year** | YYYY | The year of the population estimate. |
| **value** | count | Total population count. |

### Access & Attribution
- **Availability:** Open Access
- **License:** [CC-BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- **Citation:** *World Bank Open Data, Population, total. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL*
- **Tier:** 1

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*Schema version 0.1 · source_id: world-bank-pop*