Below are details on the sources on which the individual country datasets are partially based:
Argentina:
- (I) Instituto Geográfico Nacional de la República Argentina (IGN), Departamentos de la República Argentina, Open data downloaded from: https://www.ign.gob.ar/NuestrasActividades/InformacionGeoespacial/CapasSIG, Original dataset: departamento.shp, Date Created: 27-03-2019
- (II) Ministerio de Energía y Minería, Secretaría de Coordinación de Planeamiento Energético, Dirección Nacional de Información Energética, Información Socioeconómica INDEC Radios Censales, Open data downloaded from: http://datos.minem.gob.ar/dataset/informacion-socioeconomica-indec-radios-censales, Original datasets: all provinces in shp format, Created: 7-11-2016, Last Update: 24-04-2018, Accessed: 05-2021
Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics, http://www.abs.gov.au, Incorporates or developed using G-NAF ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Austria: Statistik Austria, http://data.statistik.gv.at
Belgium: Belgium data is partially based Based on Statbel; Belgie in cijfers, Data from 01.01.2023 https://statbel.fgov.be
Botswana: Data is partially based on U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/en.html
Brazil: Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos, dados.gov.br
Bulgaria:
- (I) National Spatial Data Portal - INSPIRE, https://inspireportal.egov.bg/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/homewith no conditions apply to access and use and no limitations to public access.
- (II) National Statistical Institute, https://www.nsi.bg/en
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/burkina-faso-administrative-boundaries) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Cambodia: WFP - World Food Programme, https://data.humdata.org
Canada:
- (I) Statistics Canada, 2021 Census – Boundary files, 2021. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
- (II) 6-Digit Postal Code Points - Canada. Copyright 2006, 2023 Precisely. This data contains data copied under license from Canada Post Corporation. The Canada Post Corporation file from which this data was copied is dated March 2023. LDU is an official mark of Canada Post Corporation. This data contains data from TomTom. © 2006-2023 TomTom. All rights reserved. This material is proprietary, and the subject of copyright protection and other intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to TomTom. The use of this material is subject to the terms of a license agreement. You will be held liable for any unauthorized copying or disclosure of this https://www.precisely.com/legal/licensing/tomtom-6-digit-canadian-postal-codes
Central African Republic: Central African Republic data is partially based on data.humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-caf) and adapted. Licensed (CC BY-IGO) Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Chad: OCHA Chad, https://data.humdata.org
Chile: SIG Corporativo INE (National Statistics Institute Chile), Open data (Geodatos Abiertos INE), original data downloaded from: https://geoine-ine-chile.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c6e62e8bd9f04a6a9df46fbeaf1f22fd_0?geometry=104.809%2C-59.307%2C79.321%2C-12.461, dataset: Censo 2017 Distrito Censal, Last Modified: 9/24/2019
Colombia: National Administrative Department of Statistics: www.dane.gov.co
Congo: Congo data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange - https://data.humdata.org/
Croatia: Državna geodetska uprava https://dgu.gov.hr/
Czech Republic:
- (I) Český statistický úřad, https://www.czso.cz
- (II) Státní správa zeměměřictví a katastru, https://www.cuzk.cz
Denmark: Danish Geodata Agency, DAGI - Danish Administrative and Geographical Boundaries, Matrikelkortet / The Cadastral Map and Kort10 (vector), all April 2015, http://download.kortforsyningen.dk
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Democratic Congo data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange - https://data.humdata.org/
Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands data is partially based on The Environment Agency, Faroe Islands, http://www.us.fo
Federated States of Micronesia: data is partially based on pacificdata.org
Fiji: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Finland: National Land Survey of Finland; database 04/2023, http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi
France: IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr
French Guiana: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
French Polynesia: Data is partially based on Census 2017 (https://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2017/Presentation/conference-de-presse)
Estonia: Republic of Estonia Land Board, Administrative and settlement units, Estonian Land Board 01.06.2023, http://www.maaamet.ee
Ecuador: National Institute of Statistics and Censuses INEC, http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec
Eritrea: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange Humdata.org - https://data.humdata.org/dataset/eritrea-admin-level-1-boundaries
Ethiopia: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange (Source: CSA (Central Statistics Agency) and Regional Bureau of Finance and Economic Development (BoFED))- https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-eth
Gabon: Gabon data is partially based on HDX - https://data.humdata.org/
Ghana: Ghana data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-gha) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Germany:
- Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung, http://www.geodaten.bayern.de
- Geoportal Baden-Württemberg, http://www.geoportal-bw.de
- Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin, http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
- Geoportal Rheinland Pfalz, http://www.geoportal.rlp.de
- NRW – Das Open Government Portal für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, https://open.nrw
Germany city districts:
- aachen.de
- CC-BY 3.0 daten.berlin.de
- © Stadt Bielefeld, Amt für Geoinformation und Kataster (CC BY 4.0)
- bochum.de
- Stadt Braunschweig - Open GeoData, 2019, Lizenz: dl-de/by-2-0
- portal-chemnitz.opendata.arcgis.com
- digistadtdo.de
- Kartendaten © auf-Karte.de CC BY 4.0
- nrw/dataset/stadtteilgrenzen-duesseldorf-d
- Kartendaten © auf-Karte.de CC BY 4.0
- offenedaten.frankfurt.de
- ITZ, Stadt Freiburg i.Br., Amt für Bürgerservice und Informationsverarbeitung, fritz.freiburg.de
- nrw/dataset/verwaltungsgrenzen-der-stadt-gelsenkirchen-wms-wfs-ge
- transparenz.hamburg.de
- hamm.de
- hannover.de
- herne.de
- jena.de
- offenedaten-koeln.de
- krefeld.de
- Stadt Leipzig, Amt für Statistik und Wahlen 2019, leipzig.de
- offenesdatenportal.de
- moenchengladbach.de
- muelheim-ruhr.de
- opengov-muenchen.de
- stadt-muenster.de
- © Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Stadtmessungsamt, stuttgart.de
- © Stadt Trier 2019 / dl-de/by2-0, trier.de, Daten bearbeitet
- http://daten.ulm.de
- offenedaten-wuppertal.de
Germany localities:
- Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung, https://geodaten.bayern.de/
- Hessische Verwaltung für Bodenmanagement und Geoinformation, https://hvbg.hessen.de
- © GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeo LSA , https://www.geodatenportal.sachsen-anhalt.de
- Geodaten Sachsen, http://geodownload.sachsen.de
- © GDI-Th, https://www.geoportal-th.de
- GeoBasis-DE/MV; dl-de/by-2-0, https://www.laiv-mv.de
- © GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP 2017, dl-de/by-2-0© GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP 2017, dl-de/by-2-0, lvermgeo.rlp.de, http://geo5.service24.rlp.de
- Land NRW (2019), https://www.opengeodata.nrw.de
- Auszug aus den Geobasisdaten des Landesamtes für Geoinformation und Landesvermessung Niedersachsen, © 2019, https://www.geobasisdaten.niedersachsen.de
- GeoBasis-DE / BKG 2019, http://www.geodatenzentrum.de
- © GeoBasis-DE/LGB, dl-de/by-2-0, (Daten geändert)
Greenland: Danish Geodata Agency, DAGI - Danish Administrative and Geographical Boundaries, Matrikelkortet / The Cadastral Map and Kort10 (vector), all April 2015, http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/
Guadeloupe: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
Guatemala: Open Energy Information, http://en.openei.org
Guinea: International Organization for Migration, https://data.humdata.org
Haiti: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Honduras: Open Energy Information, http://en.openei.org
Iceland: National Land Survey of Iceland, http://www.lmi.is
Indonesia: WFP - World Food Programme, https://data.humdata.org
India: MapmyIndia, http://www.mapmyindia.com
Iraq: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange https://data.humdata.org/
Ireland:
- (I) Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), http://www.osi.ie
- (II) GOV.IE, http://data.gov.ie
Italy: Italy dataset is partially based on data from Istat – Istituto nazionale di statistica, www.istat.it
Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cote-d-ivoire-administrative-level-0-3-boundaries-and-points) and adapted. Licensed CC BY IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Japan: Data is based on Statistics of Japan https://www.e-stat.go.jp
Kenya: Kenya data was partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/administrative-wards-in-kenya-1450) and adapted.
Latvia: Data is based on: Latvian Open Data Portal (https://data.gov.lv )
Libya: OCHA Lybia, https://data.humdata.org
Lebanon: Lebanon data are partially based on WFP Lebanon GIS Portal- Official open data portal https://gis.lbn.wfp.org/portal/apps/sites/#/lebanon-gis-portal
Lesotho: Humdata.org (source FAO and the Ministry of Local Government, cleaned by OCHA), license CC BY- IGO, https://data.humdata.org/faqs/licenses
Data downloaded from: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lso?
Madagascar: Madagascar data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mdg) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Malawi: Malawi data is partially based on The Humanitarian Data Exchange - https://data.humdata.org
Mali: DNCT - Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mli
Maldives: Maldives data is based on Onemap which is the authoritative source for the National map of Mal ives developed and maintained by the Maldives Land and Survey Authority with open license, http://readme.onemap.mv/
Martinique: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
Mexico: "Códigos Postales, coordenadas y colonias" published by Correos de Mexico, https://datos.gob.mx
Mongolia: Data is partially based on Department of Land Organization, Geodesy and Cartography and Ministry of Construction and Urban Development
Namibia: Data is partially based on: Namibia GeoPortal, https://namibia.africageoportal.com/
Nauru: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
New Zealand:
- (I) This work is based on/includes Stats NZ’s data which are licensed by Stats NZ for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- (II) LINZ - Land Information New Zealand data, https://data.linz.govt.nz
Netherlands:
- (I) NGR Nationaal Georegister, http://nationaalgeoregister.nl
- (II) CBS Central Bureau of Statistics, https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl
Nigeria: The Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org
Niue: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub - https://pacificdata.org/
Norway: Restrictions for Geonorge https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/
Palau: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Palestine: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Paraguay: Datos Abiertos Paraguay, Dirección Nacional de Correos del Paraguay (DINACOPA), Nuevo Código Postal del Paraguay, original data downloaded from: https://www.datos.gov.py/dataset/nuevo-c%C3%B3digo-postal-del-paraguay, dataset: Zona Postal Paraguay, Last Modified: 2019-10-17
Peru: The Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org
Poland: Centralnego Ośrodka Dokumentacji Geodezyjnej Kartograficznej, http://www.codgik.gov.pl
Philippines: Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA)
Portugal:
- (I) Instituto Geográfico Português, http://www.igeo.pt
- (II) Instituto Nacional de Estadística, ine.pt
- (III) Informação geográfica cedida pela Direção-Geral do Território, https://www.dgterritorio.gov.pt/
Puerto Rico: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Réunion:
- (I) IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr
- (II) Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
Romania: National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration, http://data.gov.ro
Rwanda:
- (I) NISR Geodata Portal, https://data.humdata.org
- (II) Rwanda data is partially based on datacatalog.worldbank.org (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0041453) and adapted. Licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses?fragment=cc
Samoa: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia data is based on: GEOSA.gov.sa - Official National Geospatial Platform (GEOSA) - https://geoportal.gasgi.gov.sa/portal/apps/sites/#/gasgi-geoportal-en/
Serbia: Geosrbija https://opendata.geosrbija.rs/
Singapore:
- (I) Contains information from Master Plan 2019 Subzone Boundary (No Sea) accessed on 2020-02-25 from https://data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2019-subzone-boundary-no-sea which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence
- (II) Contains information from Singapore postal codes accessed on 2020-03-03 from http://developers.onemap.sg/commonapi/ which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 https://www.onemap.sg/legal/opendatalicence.html
Sint Maarten: L’Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN)—Original data downloaded from https://geoservices.ign.fr/documentation/diffusion/telechargement-donnees-libres.html,
dataset: BDTOPO_3-0_TOUSTHEMES_SHP_RGAF09UTM20_D978_2020-12-15.7z /2020/, updated on 5 March 2021.
Slovakia:
- (I) Ústredný portál verejných služieb ľuďom, http://data.gov.sk
- (II) Based on OPEN DATA BRATISLAVA: https://opendata.bratislava.sk/
Slovenia: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, http://www.stat.si
Sierra Leone:
- (I) Code for Sierra Leone, https://africaopendata.org/
- (II) Sierra Leone data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/sierra-leone-all-ad-min-level-boundaries?) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Solomon Islands: data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
South Africa:
- (I) Municipal Demarcation Board, http://www.demarcation.org.za
- (II) National Geospatial Information, http://www.ngi.gov.za
South Korea: DATA.GO.KR, https://data.go.kr
South Sudan:
- (I) The Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org
- (II) Data is partially based on OCHA South Sudan (source: South Sudan Information Management Working Group (IMWG), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and OCHA) and adapted, license CC BY-IGO, https://data.humdata.org/faqs/licenses. Data downloaded from: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ssd
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, http://www.ine.es
Sri Lanka: GeoBoundaries : https://www.geoboundaries.org
St.Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Data is partially based on Global islands https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov
St Lucia: Saint Lucia Open Data, original data downloaded from: https://data.govt.lc/dataset/st-lucia-communities, dataset: St Lucia Settlements Project - Shape File (2016), Last Modified: 2019-02-13
St Pierre and Miquelon: data is based on Geoservices- https://geoservices.ign.fr/irisge#telechargementter
Sweden:
- (I) Statistics Sweden: https://www.scb.se/en/
- (II) Svenskakyrkan: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/
Switzerland:
- (I) Swiss federal authorities (Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/ and Federal Directorate of
- (II) Cadstral Suyrveying, http://www.cadastre.ch
Syria: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange (humdata.org)
Taiwan: National Land Surveying and Mapping Center, https://data.gov.tw
Tanzania: Small Hydro GIS Atlas, https://energydata.info
Thailand: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange (humdata.org)
Tonga: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Tuvalu: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Ukraine: OCHA FISS, https://data.humdata.org
United Arab Emirates: UAE data is based on: Bayanat.ae - Official open data portal for the United Arab Emirates https://opendata.fcsc.gov.ae/
United Kingdom:
- (I) Ordnance Survey, http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- (II) Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
- (III) Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [2021]
- (IV) Contains Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- (V) Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right [2011]
- (VI) Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2011]
United States: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
US Virgin Islands: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Uruguay: Uruguay data is based on ine.gub.uy (https://ine.gub.uy/documents/10181/18006/Mapas+Vectoriales+a%C3%B1o+2011/97dbcd58-80a8-472c-86cc-e8ecdaafef99) and adapted. Licensed 3 star from https://opendatacharter.net/principles/#accessible-and-usable
Vanuatu: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Venezuela: Humdata.org (source Nacional Statistical Institute Venezuela), update date: 24/02/2021, license CC BY-IGO, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Wallis and Futuna: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub - https://pacificdata.org/
Zambia: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Zimbabwe: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange (humdata.org)
Explanation of terms
Object type*:
admin (level 0-7) This layer depicts the administrative and political boundaries of the country in question. Level “0” corresponds to the country as a whole, with an increasing level of detail for each successive level (e.g., 2, 3 and so on).
postal (1-7 digits) This layer depicts the postcode divisions of the country in question. “1” refers to one-digit postcodes, “2” to two-digit postcodes, and so on. The higher the number, the more detailed the depiction of the postcodes.
TT This layer is based on TomTom cartography.
Off. code**:
This layer contains labels featuring official regional codes - for example, the official designators of postcodes used by the national postal organization.
Nat. lang.***:
In addition to ASCII-based labels, this layer contains labels in the language (and associated special characters) of the country in question. For some countries local labels are not properly