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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 10 consists of estimates of human population (number of persons per pixel), consistent with national censuses and population registers, for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, was used to assign population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. The data files were produced as global rasters at 30 arc-second (~1 km at the equator) resolution. To enable faster global processing, and in support of research communities, the 30 arc-second data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions.

Product Summary

Platforms
Models
Instruments
Computer
Projects
GPW
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL
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
C3540929101-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
54
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Size

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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. (2017). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 10 [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PG1PPM Date Accessed: 2026-06-07

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GeoQuery: Integrating HPC systems and public web-based geospatial data tools Goodman, Seth, BenYishay, Ariel, Lv, Zhonghui, Runfola, Daniel Population Size, Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl
Population mapping with multisensor remote sensing images and point-of-interest data Yang, Xuchao, Ye, Tingting, Zhao, Naizhuo, Chen, Qian, Yue, Wenze, Qi, Jiaguo, Zeng, Biao, Jia, Peng Population Size, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps
Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India Ghosh-Harihar, Mousumi, An, Ruby, Athreya, Ramana, Borthakur, Udayan, Chanchani, Pranav, Chetry, Dilip, Datta, Aparajita, Harihar, Abishek, Karanth, Krithi K., Mariyam, Dincy, Mohan, Dhananjai, Onial, Malvika, Ramakrishnan, Uma, Robin, V.V., Saxena, Ajai, Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Thatte, Prachi, Vijay, Varsha, Wacker, Kristen, Mathur, Vinod B., Pimm, Stuart L., Price, Trevor D. Population Size
The Impact of Upstream Sub-Basins' Water Use on Middle Stream and Degefu, Dagmawi Mulugeta, Liao, Zaiyi, He, Weijun, Yuan, Liang, An, Min, Zhang, Zhaofang, Xia, Wu Population Size
Classifying drivers of global forest loss Curtis, Philip G., Slay, Christy M., Harris, Nancy L., Tyukavina, Alexandra, Hansen, Matthew C. Population Size
Economic optimisation of European supply chains for CO2 capture, transport and sequestration, including societal risk analysis and risk mitigation measures d'Amore, Federico, Mocellin, Paolo, Vianello, Chiara, Maschio, Giuseppe, Bezzo, Fabrizio Population Size
Estimating the thickness of unconsolidated coastal aquifers along the global coastline Zamrsky, Daniel, Oude Essink, Gualbert H. P., Bierkens, Marc F. P. Population Size
Spatio-temporal analysis on built-up land expansion and population growth in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China: From a coordination perspective Luo, Jiaojiao, Xing, Xiaoshi, Wu, Yuzhe, Zhang, Weiwen, Chen, Robert S. Population Size
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