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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 11 consists of UN WPP-adjusted population estimates and densities for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020, as well as the basic demographic characteristics (age and sex) for the year 2010. The data set also includes administrative name, land and water area, and data context by administrative Unit center point (centroid) location. The center points are based on approximately 13.5 million input administrative Units used in GPWv4, therefore, these files require hardware and software that can read large amounts of data into memory.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 179.95 W: -179.96

Location
GLOBAL ,
OCEANIA ,
AFRICA ,
ASIA ,
EUROPE ,
NORTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-07-01 ,
2005-07-01 ,
2010-07-01 ,
2015-07-01 ,
2020-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3540928427-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
915
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Estimates ,
Boundaries

Citation

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. (2018). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 11 (Version 4.11) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BC3WMT Date Accessed: 2026-05-29

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