This file contains GeoIP databases accurate as of 2019. We'd use newer databases, but MaxMind gates their free GeoIP databases behind a license key citing (an overly strict interpretation of) global data privacy regulation.
These files are the most recent version licensed under Creative Commons, pulled from the Internet Archive. For more information, see https://forum.matomo.org/t/maxmind-is-changing-access-to-free-geolite2-databases/35439/2.