# Rwanda Geospatial Datasets
Bundle of open geospatial datasets for Rwanda (whole country AOI). Everything lives under this single folder — when you're done with the data you can delete `Rwanda-Datasets/` and reclaim the full ~2.0 GB.
- Downloaded: 2026-04-22
- Total size: ~2.0 GB
- AOI: Rwanda (~1.05°S–2.85°S, 28.85°E–30.90°E)
## Folder layout
```
Rwanda-Datasets/
├── worldpop/ 6.1 MB Population grid (100m, 2020 UN-adj constrained)
├── worldcover/ 209 MB ESA land-cover 10m (2021 v200)
├── copernicus_dem/ 234 MB Copernicus GLO-30 DEM (6 tiles)
├── buildings_google/ 497 MB Google Open Buildings v3 (per-province parquet)
├── buildings_microsoft/ 241 MB Microsoft Global ML Buildings (quadkey CSV.gz)
├── buildings_google_microsoft_vida/ 769 MB VIDA combined Google+MS (single country parquet)
├── mininfra/ 53 MB HOTOSM OSM export (schools, clinics, roads) — fallback
├── wb_roads/ 156 KB World Bank Rwanda Roads
└── README.md
```
## Datasets
### 1. WorldPop — population grid
- File: `worldpop/rwa_ppp_2020_UNadj_constrained.tif` (5.99 MB)
- Vintage: 2020 (UN-adjusted, constrained to Maxar building footprints, v1)
- Resolution: ~100 m (3 arc-sec)
- Source:
data.worldpop.org
- License: CC BY 4.0 — WorldPop, University of Southampton
- Note: This is the latest constrained release available. WorldPop has a separate yearly unconstrained series, but 2020 is the newest reconciled with UN totals on the constrained product.
### 2. ESA WorldCover — land cover 10 m
- Files: `worldcover/ESA_WorldCover_10m_2021_v200_S03E027_Map.tif` (77 MB), `ESA_WorldCover_10m_2021_v200_S03E030_Map.tif` (124 MB)
- Vintage: 2021 (v200, latest version)
- Resolution: 10 m
- Tiles: 3°×3° grid; S03E027 covers 3°S–0°N / 27–30° …