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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid, Future EstimatesFuture Estimates consists of estimates of human population for the years 2005, 2010, and 2015 by 2.5 arc-minute grid cells. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing more than 300,000 national and sub-national administrative Units, is used to assign population values to grid cells. The future estimate population values are extrapolated based on a combination of subnational growth rates from census dates and national growth rates from United Nations statistics. All of the grids have been adjusted to match United Nations national level population estimates. The population density grids are derived by dividing the population count grids by the land area grid and represent persons per square kilometer. The grids are available in various GIS-compatible data formats and geographic extents (global, continent [Antarctica not included], and country levels). 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: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.0417 Decimal Degrees x 0.0417 Decimal Degrees
Location
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
2005-07-01 ,
2010-07-01 ,
2015-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3540930618-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
768
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Density ,
Population Estimates

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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): Population Density Grid, Future Estimates (Version 3.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB Date Accessed: 2026-05-16

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Response of anthropogenic volatile organic compound emissions to urbanization in Asia probed with TROPOMI and VIIRS satellite observations Pu, Dongchuan, Zhu, Lei, De Smedt, Isabelle, Li, Xicheng, Sun, Wenfu, Wang, Dakang, Liu, Song, Li, Juan, Shu, Lei, Chen, Yuyang, Sun, Shuai, Zuo, Xiaoxing, Fu, Weitao, Xu, Peng, Yang, Xin, Fu, TzungMay Population Density, Population Estimates
Hotspots of livestock depredation by pumas and jaguars in Brazil: a BalbuenaSerrano, A., ZarcoGonzalez, M. M., MonroyVilchis, O., G. Morato, R., C. De Paula, R. Population Density, Population Estimates, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Food price volatilities and civilian victimization in Africa Rezaeedaryakenari, Babak, Landis, Steven T., Thies, Cameron G. Population Density, Population Estimates, Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl
Global distribution of carbonate rocks and karst water resources Goldscheider, Nico, Chen, Zhao, Auler, Augusto S., Bakalowicz, Michel, Broda, Stefan, Drew, David, Hartmann, Jens, Jiang, Guanghui, Moosdorf, Nils, Stevanovic, Zoran, Veni, George Population Density, Population Estimates
Devolution and Local Development in Emerging States: The Case of Kenya Matsumoto, Tomoya Population Density, Population Estimates, Population Size
Spatially varying relationships between risk factors and child diarrhea in West Africa, 2008-2013 Dunn, Gillian, Johnson, Glen D., Balk, Deborah L., Sembajwe, Grace Population Density, Population Estimates
A global map of travel time to cities to assess inequalities in accessibility in 2015 Weiss, D. J., Nelson, A., Gibson, H. S., Temperley, W., Peedell, S., Lieber, A., Hancher, M., Poyart, E., Belchior, S., Fullman, N., Mappin, B., Dalrymple, U., Rozier, J., Lucas, T. C. D., Howes, R. E., Tusting, L. S., Kang, S. Y., Cameron, E., Bisanzio, D., Battle, K. E., Bhatt, S., Gething, P. W. Population Density, Population Estimates, Human Settlements, Sustainability
Seismic hazard and risk assessment based on Unified Scaling Law for Earthquakes: thirteen principal urban agglomerations of India Parvez, Imtiyaz A., Nekrasova, Anastasia, Kossobokov, Vladimir Population Density, Population Estimates
Formaldehyde (HCHO) as a hazardous air pollutant: Mapping surface air concentrations from satellite and inferring cancer risks in the United States Zhu, Lei, Jacob, Daniel J., Keutsch, Frank N., Mickley, Loretta J., Scheffe, Richard, Strum, Madeleine, Gonzalez Abad, Gonzalo, Chance, Kelly, Yang, Kai, Rappengluck, Bernhard, Millet, Dylan B., Baasandorj, Munkhbayar, Jaegle, Lyatt, Shah, Viral Population Density, Population Estimates
Development of a suitability model for estimation of global urban land cover Kii, Masanobu, Nakamura, Kazuki Population Density, Population Estimates
Heat coupling of the pan-European vs. regional electrical grid with excess renewable energy Ashfaq, Asad, Kamali, Zulqarnain Haider, Agha, Mujtaba Hassan, Arshid, Hirra Population Density, Population Estimates
Assessment of coastal risks to climate change related impacts at the regional scale: The case of the Mediterranean region Satta, Alessio, Puddu, Manuela, Venturini, Sara, Giupponi, Carlo Population Density, Population Estimates
Is production intensification likely to make farm households food-adequate? A simple food availability analysis across smallholder farming systems from East and West ... Ritzema, R. S., Frelat, R., Douxchamps, S., Silvestri, S., Rufino, M. C., Herrero, M., Giller, K. E., Lopez-Ridaura, S., Teufel, N., Paul, B. K., van Wijk, M. T. Population Density, Population Estimates
Modelling the effects of global climate change on Chikungunya transmission in the 21st century Tjaden, Nils B., Suk, Jonathan E., Fischer, Dominik, Thomas, Stephanie M., Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Semenza, Jan C. Population Density, Population Estimates
Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Database and metrics data of global surface ozone observations Schultz, Martin G., Schroder, Sabine, Lyapina, Olga, Cooper, Owen R., Galbally, Ian, Petropavlovskikh, Irina, von Schneidemesser, Erika, Tanimoto, Hiroshi, Elshorbany, Yasin, Naja, Manish, Seguel, Rodrigo J., Dauert, Ute, Eckhardt, Paul, Feigenspan, Stefan, Fiebig, Markus, Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn, Hong, You-Deog, Kjeld, Peter Christian, Koide, Hiroshi, Lear, Gary, Tarasick, David, Ueno, Mikio, Wallasch, Markus, Baumgardner, Darrel, Chuang, Ming-Tung, Gillett, Robert, Lee, Meehye, Molloy, Suzie, Moolla, Raeesa, Wang, Tao, Sharps, Katrina, Adame, Jose A., Ancellet, Gerard, Apadula, Francesco, Artaxo, Paulo, Barlasina, Maria E., Bogucka, Magdalena, Bonasoni, Paolo, Chang, Limseok, Colomb, Aurelie, Cuevas-Agullo, Emilio, Cupeiro, Manuel, Degorska, Anna, Ding, Aijun, Frohlich, Marina, Frolova, Marina, Gadhavi, Harish, Gheusi, Francois, Gilge, Stefan, Gonzalez, Margarita Y., Gros, Valerie, Hamad, Samera H., Helmig, Detlev, Henriques, Diamantino, Hermansen, Ove, Holla, Robert, Hueber, Jacques, Im, Ulas, Jaffe, Daniel A., Komala, Ninong, Kubistin, Dagmar, Lam, Ka-Se, Laurila, Tuomas, Lee, Haeyoung, Levy, Ilan, Mazzoleni, Claudio, Mazzoleni, Lynn R., McClure-Begley, Audra, Mohamad, Maznorizan, Murovec, Marijana, Navarro-Comas, Monica, Nicodim, Florin, Parrish, David, Read, Katie A., Reid, Nick, Ries, Ludwig, Saxena, Pallavi, Schwab, James J., Scorgie, Yvonne, Senik, Irina, Simmonds, Peter, Sinha, Vinayak, Skorokhod, Andrey I., Spain, Gerard, Spangl, Wolfgang, Spoor, Ronald, Springston, Stephen R., Steer, Kelvyn, Steinbacher, Martin, Suharguniyawan, Eka, Torre, Paul, Trickl, Thomas, Weili, Lin, Weller, Rolf, Xiaobin, Xu, Xue, Likun, Zhiqiang, Ma Population Density, Population Estimates
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Accelerated deforestation driven by large-scale land acquisitions in Cambodia Davis, Kyle Frankel, Yu, Kailiang, Rulli, Maria Cristina, Pichdara, Lonn, DOdorico, Paolo Population Density, Population Estimates
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