iamramzan/Global-Population-Data

List of Countries and Dependencies by Population

This dataset contains population-related information for countries and dependencies, scraped from Wikipedia. The dataset includes the following columns:

1. 1.Location: The country or dependency name.
2. 2.Population: Total population count.
3. 3.% of World: The percentage of the world's population this country or dependency represents.
4. 4.Date: The date of the population estimate.
5. 5.Source: Whether the source is official or derived from the United Nations.

Dataset Summary

This dataset provides a comprehensive overview of population statistics by country and dependency. It is ideal for researchers, data scientists, and analysts who need accurate and up-to-date population data.

Dataset Features:

• —Location: Textual description of the country or territory.
• —Population: Integer value representing the population size.
• —% of World: Float representing the percentage of the world's total population.
• —Date: The date on which the population estimate was recorded.
• —Source: A textual description of the data source (e.g., United Nations or official national statistics).

Source

The dataset was scraped from the Wikipedia page: List of countries and dependencies by population.

Licensing

This dataset is based on data available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Splits

The dataset has one split:

• —train: Contains all records from the table (approximately 200 entries).

Examples

Here's a sample record from the dataset:

Usage

You can load this dataset using the Hugging Face datasets library:

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("username/dataset_name")