Year-specific first-level geography

Year-specific geography variables and GIS boundary files are intended for studying and displaying one specific sample year for a country. Year-specific variables provide greater detail than spatially harmonized variables because they do not need to account for boundary changes over time. Units below 20,000 population are aggregated for confidentiality purposes.

The attribute data include codes for the COUNTRY (country of residence) variable, codes for the corresponding year-specific variable that the GIS boundaries match (e.g. IPUM2007 for Mozambique 2007), and the original first-level geography codes provided by the statistical offices of the respective countries (e.g. PROV2007 for Mozambique 2007). For a complete list of all year-specific variables at the first level of geography, click here.

The table below lists the IPUMS countries, the major unit of geography identified in the samples, and available sample years. Click on each sample year to download the year-specific GIS shapefile.

Country First-level geography Sample years
Argentina Province 1970 1980 1991 2001 2010
Armenia Province 2001 2011
Austria State 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Bangladesh Division 1991 2001 2011
Belarus Region 1999 2009
Benin Department 1979 1992 2002 2013
Bolivia Department 1976 1992 2001 2012
Botswana District 1981 1991 2001 2011
Brazil State 1960 1970 1980 1991 2000 2010
Burkina Faso Region 1985 1996 2006
Cambodia Province 1998 2004 2008 2013
Cameroon Province 1976 1987 2005
Canada Province 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Chile Province 1960 1970 1982 1992 2002 2017
China Province 1982 1990 2000
Colombia Department 1964 1973 1985 1993 2005
Costa Rica Province 1963 1973 1984 2000 2011
Cuba Province 2002 2012
Dominican Republic Province 1960 1970 1981 2002 2010
Ecuador Province 1962 1974 1982 1990 2001 2010
Egypt Governorate 1986 1996 2006
El Salvador Department 1992 2007
Ethiopia Region 1984 1994 2007
Fiji Province 1966 1976 1986 1996 2007 2014
Finland No geography in IPUMS data 2010
France Region 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Germany State 1970 1971 1981 1987
Ghana Region 1984 2000 2010
Greece Department 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Guatemala Department 1964 1973 1981 1994 2002
Guinea Region 1983 1996 2014
Haiti Department 1971 1982 2003
Honduras Department 1961 1974 1988 2001
Hungary No geography in IPUMS data 1970 1980 1990 2001 2011
India State 1983 1987 1993 1999 2004 2009
Indonesia Province 1971 1976 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Iran Province 2006 2011
Iraq Governorate 1997
Ireland Region 1971 1979 1981 1986 1991 1996 2002 2006 2011 2016
Israel District 1972 1983 1995 2008
Italy Region 2001 2011
Jamaica Parish 1982 1991 2001
Jordan Governorate 2004
Kenya Province 1969 1979 1989 1999 2009
Kyrgyz Republic Region 1999 2009
Laos Province 2005
Lesotho District 1996 2006
Liberia County 1974 2008
Malawi District 1987 1998 2008
Malaysia State 1970 1980 1991 2000
Mali Region 1987 1998 2009
Mauritius District 1990 2000 2011
Mexico State 1960 1970 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Mongolia Province 1989 2000
Morocco Region 1982 1994 2004 2014
Mozambique Province 1997 2007
Myanmar State 2014
Nepal Administrative zone 2001 2011
Netherlands No geography in IPUMS data 1960 1971 2001 2011
Nicaragua Department 1971 1995 2005
Nigeria State 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Pakistan Province 1973 1981 1998
Palestine Governorate 1997 2007 2017
Panama Province Not available
Papua New Guinea Province 1980 1990 2000
Paraguay Department 1962 1972 1982 1992 2002
Peru Department 1993 2007
Philippines Province 1990 1995 2000 2010
Poland Vovoidship (Province) 1978 1988 2002 2011
Portugal Subregion 1981 1991 2001 2011
Puerto Rico PUMA 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010
Romania County 1977 1992 2002 2011
Russia Region 2002 2010
Rwanda Province 1991 2002 2012
Saint Lucia District 1980 1991
Senegal Region 1988 2002 2013
Sierra Leone District 2004 2015 ALT_2015
Slovak Republic Region 1991 2001 2011
Slovenia Region 2002
South Africa Province 1996 2001 2007 2011 2016
South Sudan State 2008
Spain Communities & autonomous cities 1981 1991 2001 2011
Sudan State 2008
Suriname District 2004 2012
Switzerland Canton 1970 1980 1990 2000
Tanzania Region 1988 2002 2012
Thailand Province 1970 1980 1990 2000
Togo Region 1970 2010
Togo Urban Centers 1960 (urban centers) 1960 (regions)
Trinidad and Tobago Province 1970 1980 1990 2000 2011
Turkey Province 1985 1990 2000
Uganda District 1991 2002 2014
Ukraine Region 2001
United Kingdom Region 1991 2001
United States State 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015
Uruguay Department 1963 1975 1985 1996 2006 2011
Venezuela State 1971 1981 1990 2001
Vietnam Province 1989 1999 2009
Zambia Province 1990 2000 2010
Zimbabwe Province 2012

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