fix: unmask population layers to get correct mean population density #3294
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The population layers are "constrained" meaning the pixels without a population is removed from the original dataset. When we are calculating the mean population density we get the wrong result as only pixels with a population in taken into account. This PR will fix this issue for 2.39.
After this PR the mean should take the full org unit area into account: