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Description

The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area Grids measure surface areas in square kilometers. The land area grid provides estimates of the land area, excluding permanent ice and water, within each pixel. The water area grid provides estimates of the water area (permanent ice and water), within each pixel. The sum of land area and water area of a pixel equals the total surface area of that pixel.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 85 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2010-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3540931815-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Use/Land Cover ,
Surface Water

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.

Copy Citation

Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2016). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H45M63M9 Date Accessed: 2026-04-13

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