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Global Population Movement Data
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Data exploring human mobility provides detailed metrics on population movements globally. It offers critical insights into various types of displacement, migration flows, and related demographic statistics. This product is designed to facilitate detailed analysis across policy, economic, and humanitarian sectors.
Columns
The dataset features 33 columns detailing movement and demographic factors. Key columns include:
- Year and Country identifiers.
- International Migrants/Emigrants: Includes International migrants, Emigrants, International immigrants (% population), and International emigrants (% population).
- Refugee and Asylum Metrics: Provides figures for refugees by origin and destination, often presented in absolute numbers or per capita. It also includes counts and per capita measures for asylum seekers by origin and destination.
- Child Migrant Data: Contains multiple variables related to child movement, such as Child migrants (UNICEF), Child migrants (under-20s), Child migrants (UNDESA), and their respective per capita metrics.
- Internal Displacement: Data on movement related to conflict and disasters, including totals (Internal displacement (conflict), Internal displacement (disasters)) and annual figures (Annual internal displacement (conflict), Annual internal displacements (Disaster)), sometimes expressed as percentages (Annual internal displacement from conflict (%), Annual internal displacement from disaster (%)).
- Financial and Net Flows: Metrics covering Net migration and Remittances cost (from).
Distribution
The data is provided in a tabular structure, contained within a file named
modified_file1.csv, which is approximately 1.41 MB in size. It consists of 33 columns and contains 16.6 thousand valid records. The dataset is suitable for data visualisation and Python-based research.Usage
This data product is ideally suited for applications in:
- Policymaking and Planning: Informing urban planning, public health initiatives, resource allocation, and government policy creation.
- Economic Analysis: Understanding labor market dynamics and economic impacts of population movements.
- Humanitarian Efforts: Supporting refugee resettlement programmes, humanitarian aid efforts, and social integration strategies.
- Academic Research: Facilitating studies in fields such as sociology, economics, geography, and public policy concerning demographic shifts.
- Global Affairs: Informing international relations and strategies related to climate change adaptation.
Coverage
The dataset spans the years from 1953 through 2020. Geographic coverage is worldwide. Notable country-level data distributions include Latin America and the Caribbean (19%) and Australia and New Zealand (5%), with 76% of records falling under other territories.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Academics and Researchers: For studying population trends, demographic shifts, and migration patterns.
- Government Agencies: For national and international planning related to resource allocation and public services.
- Non-Governmental Organisations: For planning relief, resettlement, and integration services.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Global Population Movement Data
- Migration and Mobility Indicators 1953-2020
- International Displacement Metrics
- Human Mobility Flow Study
Attributes
Original Data Source: Global Population Movement Data
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