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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Administrative Boundaries are derived from the land area grid to show the outlines of pixels (cells) that contain administrative Units in GPWv3 on a per-country/territory basis. The National Boundaries data are derived from the pixels as polygons and thus have rectilinear boundaries at large scale. Note that the polygons that outline the countries and territories are not official representations; rather, they represent the area covered by the statistical data as provided. The national/territorial boundaries are designed for cartographic use with the GPWv3 population raster data sets. GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 79.89196 S: -54.751503 E: 179.848323 W: -179.199552
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
OCEANIA,
AMERICAN SAMOA,
ANGUILLA,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,
ARUBA,
BAHAMAS,
BARBADOS,
BERMUDA,
BRUNEI,
CAPE VERDE,
CAYMAN ISLANDS,
COMOROS,
COOK ISLANDS,
CUBA,
CYPRUS,
DOMINICA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
FAEROE ISLANDS,
FALKLAND ISLANDS,
FIJI,
FRENCH POLYNESIA,
GRENADA,
GUADELOUPE,
GUAM,
HAITI,
INDONESIA,
ISLE OF MAN,
JAMAICA,
KIRIBATI,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MALDIVES,
MALTA,
MARSHALL ISLANDS,
MARTINIQUE,
MAURITIUS,
MAYOTTE,
MICRONESIA,
MONTSERRAT,
NAURU,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES,
NEW CALEDONIA,
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS,
PALAU,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
PITCAIRN ISLANDS,
PUERTO RICO,
REUNION,
SAMOA,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,
SEYCHELLES,
SINGAPORE,
SOLOMON ISLANDS,
SRI LANKA,
ST HELENA,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS,
ST LUCIA,
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN,
TIMOR-LESTE,
TOKELAU,
TONGA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS,
TUVALU,
VANUATU,
VIRGIN ISLANDS,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS,
AFGHANISTAN,
AFRICA,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANDORRA,
ANGOLA,
ARMENIA,
ASIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BAHRAIN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BELIZE,
BENIN,
BHUTAN,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHINA,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
CZECHIA,
DENMARK,
DJIBOUTI,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA,
ERITREA,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
EUROPE,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GIBRALTAR,
GREECE,
GUATEMALA,
GUERNSEY,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
HONDURAS,
HONG KONG,
HUNGARY,
ICELAND,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LESOTHO,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
LIECHTENSTEIN,
LITHUANIA,
LUXEMBOURG,
MACAU,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MOLDOVA,
MONACO,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH AMERICA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PALESTINE,
PANAMA,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
QATAR,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAN MARINO,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SERBIA,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOMALIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH AMERICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SPAIN,
SUDAN,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC,
TAIWAN,
TAJIKISTAN,
TANZANIA,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
UZBEKISTAN,
VATICAN CITY,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3552508526-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, & Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical-CIAT. (2005). Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Administrative Boundaries (Version 3.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN Date Accessed: 2025-07-19

Data Center Citation

Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT. 2005. Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Administrative Boundaries. Palisades, NY: ESDIS. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN.

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