The World Populated Place layer is provided by Natural Earth. The layer contains major cities around the world along with the population of the city and its metropolitan area. The layer helps to provide a reference at a global and national scale as to how the population of a region or county is dispersed. The layer is useful when carrying high level planning activity and can be used as an overlay to analyse at a regional or national level.
Source – Natural Earth
Recency – 2019
Geographical Coverage and Accuracy – World
Projection – EPSG:4326. WGS84
Available Formats – System Data Layer
Layer Type – Point
Most up to date Populated Place data from Natural Earth
Includes population
License type- Annual
Update frequency – Updated when required
The World Populated Place layer is provided by Natural Earth. The layer contains major cities around the world along with the population of the city and its metropolitan area. The layer helps to provide a reference at a global and national scale as to how the population of a region or county is dispersed. The layer is useful when carrying high level planning activity and can be used as an overlay to analyse at a regional or national level.
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