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Open Datasets for Aging Research

We publish synthetic populations that preserve real-world distributions without exposing any individual. Downloadable, citable, and statistically validated.

What This Data Is

Each dataset is a synthetic population generated from official public sources (such as UN World Population Prospects). It reproduces real-world distributions by country, year, age, and sex — but every record is a fictitious sampled person: it does not correspond to any real human being. This enables reproducible aging research without compromising anyone's privacy.

Featured Dataset

HAS Synthetic Population Dataset — México v1.0.0

DOI coming soon

Persons: ≈12.7M
Years: 1950–2023
Sample: 10%
License: CC-BY 4.0

Validation: Passes statistical equivalence tests vs. real data (marginal error by age <5%, sex <2%, total <0.5%).

How It Is Generated

For each real cohort (year, age, sex) we sample 10% of the population as synthetic persons. Age, sex, and year marginals are preserved by construction. Sampling is deterministic: the same seed reproduces exactly the same dataset, and each release includes a statistical validation report.

Known Limitations

The socioeconomic quintile uses a provisional equiprobable distribution, until a real inequality source is integrated.
This version models only the demographic dimensions of layer 1 (country, year, age, sex).
Biomedical variables (BMI, comorbidities, genetic factors) are coming in future versions.

Privacy Guarantee

These datasets do not contain or derive from real individuals — only from public aggregates. No real person can be re-identified, because each record is generated through statistical sampling, not from personal data.

How to Cite

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite it as follows:

Plain Text

Castillejos, A. (2026). HAS Synthetic Population Dataset — México v1.0.0 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/ (pending)

BibTeX

@dataset{has_synthpop_mex_1_0_0,
  author    = {Castillejos, A.},
  title     = {HAS Synthetic Population Dataset — México v1.0.0},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  license   = {CC-BY 4.0},
  note      = {DOI pending}
}

Last updated: 2026-07-08