diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index e8fa133d..6778da4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -105,4 +105,5 @@ jobs:
           # globalfiredata.org is super flaky, hence exlucded
           # climate modelling site has been deprecated, will updated later
           # IIASA has some bot check in front of it so gives a 403
-          args: "--exclude 'file://' --exclude '^https://luh\\.umd\\.edu/$' --exclude '^https://www\\.geo\\.vu\\.nl/~gwerf/GFED/GFED4/tables/$' --exclude '^https://www.globalfiredata.org' --exclude '^https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/program/regional-global-model-analysis$' --exclude '^https://iiasa.ac.at/models-tools-data/global-emission-fields-of-air-pollutants-and-ghgs$' --exclude '^https://doi.org/dev-test$' ." 
+          # https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ has some certificate error
+          args: "--exclude 'file://' --exclude '^https://luh\\.umd\\.edu/$' --exclude '^https://www\\.geo\\.vu\\.nl/~gwerf/GFED/GFED4/tables/$' --exclude '^https://www.globalfiredata.org' --exclude '^https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/program/regional-global-model-analysis$' --exclude '^https://iiasa.ac.at/models-tools-data/global-emission-fields-of-air-pollutants-and-ghgs$' --exclude '^https://doi.org/dev-test$' --exclude '^https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/$' ." 
diff --git a/changelog/392.docs.md b/changelog/392.docs.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0333a42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/392.docs.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added external link to [FuturePop](https://hub.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00849) in the population dataset docs
diff --git a/docs/dataset-overviews/population.md b/docs/dataset-overviews/population.md
index 3f0aa013..d77038c6 100644
--- a/docs/dataset-overviews/population.md
+++ b/docs/dataset-overviews/population.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ and project [WorldPop](https://www.worldpop.org/). The data was created at high
 and upscaled to 0.25 and 0.5 degree. The following steps were followed:
 
 (1) WorldPop [gridded constrained global population data for 2015-2025](https://www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpop-unveils-global-2-next-generation-global-population-dataset/) 
-were combined with FuturePop projections based on SSP v3.2 trajectories.
+were combined with FuturePop [projections based on SSP v3.2 trajectories](https://hub.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00849).
 
 (2) The WorldPop gridded population was extrapolated back to 1975 using [Global Human Settlement Layer](https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/)