Below are details on the sources on which the individual country datasets are partially based:


Argentina
:

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 Austriahttp://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:

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:

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:

Germany city districts:

Germany localities:

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:

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:

Netherlands:

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:

Puerto Rico: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov

Réunion:

Romania: National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration, http://data.gov.ro

Rwanda:

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:

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:

Slovenia: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, http://www.stat.si

Sierra Leone:

Solomon Islands: data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/

South Africa:

South Korea: DATA.GO.KR, https://data.go.kr

South Sudan:

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:

Switzerland:

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:

  • (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