Data · dataset · 2025
Africapolis data
Listed in BERD@NFDI Data Portal
The "Africapolis" dataset is the only comprehensive, standardized geospatial database on cities and urbanization dynamics across the entire African continent, produced by the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD/SWAC).
Description
It maps over 11,000 urban agglomerations with 10,000 or more inhabitants in 54 countries, providing historical demographic data from 1950 to 2020 and detailed spatial boundaries for 2015 and 2020. A key innovation introduced in 2025 is the inclusion of demographic and spatial projections to 2050.
Africapolis enables spatial analysis in areas ranging from urban planning, public health to education, the environment and gender issues. Suggested citation: OECD/SWAC (2025), Africapolis (database), www.africapolis.org (access date)
Links
Where it is published
- BERD@NFDI Data Portal record berd-platform.de/records/7rabp-gsz29 ↗
landing page · from berd platform de
Catalogue records · 1
- InvenioRDM API berd-platform.de/api/records/7rabp-gsz29 ↗
metadata API · from berd platform de
Topics
- Stated by source
- Africa · Demographic change · Demographic statistics · Population · Population forecasting · Spatial statistics · Spatial structure · Urban development · Urban geography · Urbanization
Provenance · 1 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERD@NFDI Data Portal | 7rabp-gsz29 | 3 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:440612 | mapping · berd platform de | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Urban geography'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:490507 | mapping · berd platform de | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Spatial statistics'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:africa | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:demographic-change | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:demographic-statistics | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:population | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:population-forecasting | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:spatial-statistics | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:spatial-structure | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:urban-development | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:urban-geography | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].invenio_subject:berd_platform_de:urbanization | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | /metadata/description |
| publication_date | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 | /metadata/title |
| updated_date | source · berd platform de | connector:berd_platform_de@1.0.0 |