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

Argentina:

  • (I) Data is partially based on Secretaria de energia, http://datos.energia.gob.ar/.
  • (II) INDEC, 2015. Unidades Geoestadísticas. Cartografía y códigos geográficos del Sistema Estadístico Nacional. Buenos Aires: INDEC, www.indec.gob.ar.

Australia: Incorporates or developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia 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: Data is partially based Based on Statbel; Belgie in cijfers, Data from 21.05.2025, https://statbel.fgov.be.

Botswana: Data is partially based on U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/en.html.

Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) open data for download, https://www.ibge.gov.br/geociencias/downloads-geociencias.html.

Bulgaria:

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: Canada’s national statistical agency, https://www.statcan.gc.ca 
  • (II) 6-Digit Postal Code Points – Canada. Copyright 2006, 2024 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 June 2024. LDU is an official mark of Canada Post Corporation. This data contains data from TomTom. © 2006-2024 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 material, https://www.precisely.com/legal/licensing/tomtom-6-digit-canadian-postal-codes.

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: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística – DANE, https://www.dane.gov.co.

Congo: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange – https://data.humdata.org/.

Costa Rica: Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Registro Nacional.

Croatia:

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: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org/.

Dominican Republic: Oficina Nacional de Estadística, https://www.one.gob.do.

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/.

Estonia: Administrative and settlement units, Estonian Land and Spatial Development Board 01.01.2025, http://www.maaamet.ee.

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/.

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 03/2025, https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/.

France: Data is based on: IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr.

French Guiana: IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr.

French Polynesia: Data is partially based on Census 2017, https://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2017/Presentation/conference-de-presse.

Gabon: Data is partially based on HDX – https://data.humdata.org/.

Ghana: Data is partially based on humdata.org https://data.humdata.org/ and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode.

Germany:

Germany city districts:

Greenland: Data is partially based on Danish Geodata Agency.

Guadeloupe: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques of France, https://www.data.gouv.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, https://www.lmi.is/.

India: MapmyIndia, http://www.mapmyindia.com.

Indonesia: WFP – World Food Programme, https://data.humdata.org.

Iraq: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org/.

Ireland:

Italy: Dataset is partially based on data from Istat – Istituto nazionale di statistica <www.istat.it>.

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: Data was partially based on humdata.org, https://data.humdata.org/dataset/administrative-wards-in-kenya-1450 and adapted.

Latvia: Latvian Open Data Portal, https://data.gov.lv.

Libya: OCHA Lybia, https://data.humdata.org.

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: 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: 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: 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: Data is based on: IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr.

Mexico:

  • (I) Códigos Postales, coordenadas y colonias” published by Correos de Mexico, https://datos.gob.mx.
  • (II) AGEB Layer published by INEGI, https://inegi.org.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: 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 licence.
https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz

Netherlands:

Niue: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub, https://pacificdata.org/.

Norway: Data is partially based on Geonorge, https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/.

Palau: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub, https://pacificdata.org/.

Palestine: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

Panama: Smithsonian Institution, https://stridata-si.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/SI::panama-corregimientos-boundaries-2024/about.

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-codigo-postal-del-paraguay.

Peru: Instituto Geográfico Nacional Peru, https://www.idep.gob.pe/ .

Philippines: Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA).

Poland: Government Geoportal of Poland, https://www.geoportal.gov.pl/.

Portugal: Informação geográfica cedida pela Direção-Geral do Território, https://www.dgterritorio.gov.pt/dados-abertos.

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

Réunion:

Romania: Dataset is partially based on data from Romanian Government– https://data.gov.ro/.

Rwanda:

Samoa: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/.

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/.

Sierra Leone:

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, https://data.bratislava.sk.

Slovakia: Data portal of the Capital of SR Bratislava, https://data.bratislava.sk.

Slovenia:

  • (I)  Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, http://www.stat.si.
  • (II) Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, administrative and postal data, 02.2025, https://www.e-prostor.gov.si/.

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:

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, https://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: Data is based on: Bayanat.ae – Official open data portal for the United Arab Emirate, https://opendata.fcsc.gov.ae/.

United Kingdom:

  • (I) Ordnance Survey, http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.
  • (II) Source: 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(external link opens in a new window / tab).
  • (V) Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right [2021].
  • (VI) Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2021].

United States: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov.

US Virgin Islands: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov.

Uruguay: Data is based on INE Uruguay, https://www.gub.uy/instituto-nacional-estadistica/.

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, https://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

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