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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 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: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees
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
C3540918004-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
54
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Size

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. (2018). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 (Version 4.11) [Dataset]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BX5 Date Accessed: 2026-07-22

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Air quality response in China linked to the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation Miyazaki, K., Bowman, K., Sekiya, T., Jiang, Z., Chen, X., Eskes, H., Ru, M., Zhang, Y., Shindell, D. Population Size, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Fused Low-Earth-Orbit GNSS Iannucci, Peter A., Humphreys, Todd E. Population Size
Garbage burning in South Asia: how important is it to regional air quality? Saikawa, Eri, Wu, Qianru, Zhong, Min, Avramov, Alexander, Ram, Kirpa, Stone, Elizabeth A., Stockwell, Chelsea E., Jayarathne, Thilina, Panday, Arnico K., Yokelson, Robert J. Population Size
Global patterns of forest loss across IUCN categories of protected areas Leberger, Roxanne, Rosa, Isabel M.D., Guerra, Carlos A., Wolf, Florian, Pereira, Henrique M. Population Size
Global human predation on plant growth and biomass Jenkins, David G., Haberl, Helmut, Erb, KarlHeinz, Nevai, Andrew L. Population Size
Ground motion modelling in northwestern Himalaya using stochastic finite-fault method Mir, Ramees R., Parvez, Imtiyaz A. Population Size
Fluxes of Atmospheric Greenhouse-Gases in Maryland (FLAGG-MD): Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the Baltimore, MD-Washington, D.C. Area Ahn, D. Y., Hansford, J. R., Howe, S. T., Ren, X. R., Salawitch, R. J., Zeng, N., Cohen, M. D., Stunder, B., Salmon, O. E., Shepson, P. B., Gurney, K. R., Oda, T., LopezCoto, I., Whetstone, J., Dickerson, R. R. Population Size
Flood impact on Mainland Southeast Asia between 1985 and 2018The role of tropical cyclones Chen, Aifang, Giese, Markus, Chen, Deliang Population Size, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl
Inferring ground-level nitrogen dioxide concentrations at fine spatial resolution applied to the TROPOMI satellite instrument Cooper, Matthew J, Martin, Randall V, McLinden, Chris A, Brook, Jeffrey R Population Size, Nitrogen Dioxide
Optimizing earthquake early warning alert distance strategies using the July 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, earthquakes Saunders, Jessie K., Aagaard, Brad T., Baltay, Annemarie S., Minson, Sarah E. Population Size
Observed Emergence of the Climate Change Signal: From the Familiar to the Unknown Hawkins, E., Frame, D., Harrington, L., Joshi, M., King, A., Rojas, M., Sutton, R. Population Size
Microplastic as a vector of chemical contamination in the marine environment: A coupled Lagrangian-Eulerian approach Guerrini, Federica, Mari, Lorenzo, Casagrandi, Renato Evapotranspiration, Total Runoff, Rain, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Air Temperature, Population Size
Modeling human migration across spatial scales in Colombia Siraj, Amir S., Sorichetta, Alessandro, Espana, Guido, Tatem, Andrew J., Perkins, T. Alex Population Size
Impact of the June 2018 Saddleworth Moor wildfires on air quality in northern England Graham, A M, Pope, R J, McQuaid, J B, Pringle, K P, Arnold, S R, Bruno, A G, Moore, D P, Harrison, J J, Chipperfield, M P, Rigby, R, Sanchez-Marroquin, A, Lee, J, Wilde, S, Siddans, R, Kerridge, B J, Ventress, L J, Latter, B G Population Size
Influence of socio-economic, demographic and climate factors on the regional distribution of dengue in the United States and Mexico Watts, Matthew J., Kotsila, Panagiota, Mortyn, P. Graham, Sarto i Monteys, Victor, Urzi Brancati, Cesira Population Size
Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19 Pozzer, Andrea, Dominici, Francesca, Haines, Andy, Witt, Christian, Munzel, Thomas, Lelieveld, Jos Population Size
Regulating Coastal Zones Alterman, Rachelle, Pellach, Cygal Population Size
Provincial and gridded population projection for China under shared socioeconomic pathways from 2010 to 2100 Chen, Yidan, Guo, Fang, Wang, Jiachen, Cai, Wenjia, Wang, Can, Wang, Kaicun Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Size
The cost of coastal zone degradation in Nigeria Croitoru, Lelia, Miranda, Juan Jose, Khattabi, Abdellatif, Lee, Jia Jun Population Size
The global lake area, climate, and population dataset Meyer, Michael F., Labou, Stephanie G., Cramer, Alli N., Brousil, Matthew R., Luff, Bradley T. Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Population Size
Whence the next pandemic? The intersecting global geography of the animal-human interface, poor health systems and air transit centrality reveals conduits ... Walsh, Michael G., Sawleshwarkar, Shailendra, Hossain, Shah, Mor, Siobhan M. Infant Mortality Rates, Population Size
Using remarkability to define coastal flooding thresholds Moore, Frances C., Obradovich, Nick Population Size
A pixel level evaluation of five multitemporal global gridded population datasets: A case study in Sweden, 19902015 Archila Bustos, Maria Francisca, Hall, Ola, Niedomysl, Thomas, Ernstson, Ulf Population Size, Sustainability
Air quality and health impacts of vegetation and peat fires in Equatorial Asia during 20042015 Kiely, Laura, Spracklen, Dominick V, Wiedinmyer, Christine, Conibear, Luke, Reddington, Carly L, Arnold, Stephen R, Knote, Christoph, Khan, Md Firoz, Latif, Mohd Talib, Syaufina, Lailan, Adrianto, Hari A Population Size
Building a landslide hazard indicator with machine learning and land surface models Stanley, T.A., Kirschbaum, D.B., Sobieszczyk, S., Jasinski, M.F., Borak, J.S., Slaughter, S.L. Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Evaporation, Evapotranspiration, Rain, Snow, Canopy Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Albedo, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Rivers/Streams, Floods, Runoff, Population Size
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