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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on counts 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 population density rasters were created by dividing the population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. 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 count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions to produce density rasters at these 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
C3540910651-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
54
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Density

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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 Density, Revision 11 (Version 4.11) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW Date Accessed: 2026-06-07

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Physically interpretable AlphaEarth foundation model embeddings enable LLM-based land surface intelligence Rahman, Mashrekur Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Population Density
Potential One Health risk of downwind exposure to airborne pathogens from thawing Siberian permafrost Martinetti, Davide, Stucchi, Davide, Bevacqua, Daniele, Mari, Lorenzo, Casagrandi, Renato Population Density
Predictive mapping of wholesale crop prices for rural areas in Tanzania Madaga, Lavinia, Chamberlin, Jordan, Haile Gebrekidan, Bisrat, Mkondiwa, Maxwell, Kuboja, Nicholaus Musimu, Silva, Joao Vasco Population Density
Natural Hazards in the Coastal Zones of India, Associated Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Panda, Jagabandhu, Tom, Geo, Mukherjee, Asmita, Bhasi, Ipshita, Roy, Debjyoti Population Density, Poverty Levels, Environmental Health Factors, Population Distribution, Sustainability
Moderating mechanisms of urban environment and vegetation structure in the cooling effect of urban green space: A case study of Glasgow Guo, Jianhua, Wang, Weijia, Yu, Zhaowu, Jia, Siqi, Liang, Dong, Sun, Zhongchang, Guo, Huadong Population Density
Optimizing resource utilization and performance in leo satellite edge computing: A joint service deployment and task offloading approach Lai, Junyu, Wu, Di, Chen, Yuhang, Liu, Huashuo, Chen, Han, Jiang, Weiwei Population Density
Random Forests for Wildfire Insurance Applications Bairakdar, Roba, Boudreault, Mathieu, Mailhot, Melina Population Density
Regional variations in emergency care vulnerability to summer heat Yu, Wenhua, Xu, Rongbin, Huang, Wenzhong, Yang, Zhengyu, Ye, Tingting, Yu, Pei, Zhang, Yiwen, Wu, Yao, Wen, Bo, Liu, Yanming, Zhang, Yuxi, Zhang, Ying, Bi, Peng, Green, Donna, Jalaludin, Bin, Hu, Wenbiao, Hales, Simon, Lavigne, Eric, Saldiva, Paulo, Coelho, Micheline, Guo, Yue Leon, Phung, Dung, Capon, Anthony, Arblaster, Julie, Zhou, Shuang, Xu, Zhihu, Li, Zhaoyuan, Li, Shanshan, Guo, Yuming Population Density, Poverty Levels, Environmental Health Factors, Population Distribution, Sustainability
The crucial and unique role of extreme tropical cyclones in promoting freshwater invasions in China Gu, Shimin, Gu, Dangen, Shu, Lu, Lin, Zhiqiang, Tu, Weishan, Wang, Yuchen, Liu, Xuan Population Density
The Development of an Urban Rain Rate Dashboard (URRD) Bower, Erica, Bright, David, King, Austin, Nelson, James A., Novak, David R., Semmens, Kathryn, Hogan Carr, Rachel, Maxfield, Keri, Montz, Burrell, Painter, Patrick Population Density
The relationships between extreme winter North Atlantic extratropical cyclone hazards and modes of seasonal climate variability Maycock, Amanda C., McKenna, Christine M., Priestley, Matthew D. K., Perez, Jacob, Li, Zhuo, Lockwood, Julia F. Population Density
The river Rhine transports around 4,000 tonnes of macrolitter towards the North Sea each year Gnann, Nina, Horeth, Katharina, Schweigert, Nicolas, Evers, Mariele, Ternes, Thomas A., Hamann, Leandra Population Density
U-Net Framework for Short-Term Wildfire Spread Forecasting Using Multi-Source Earth Observation Data in Thailand Sillaparat, Suchawadee, Charoenchap, Apinya, Tanaksaranond, Garavig, Chunithipaisan, Sanphet, Vateekul, Peerapon Population Density
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TopoFlow: topography-aware pollutant Flow learning for high-resolution air quality prediction Kheder, Ammar, Toropainen, Helmi, Peng, Wenqing, Antao, Samuel, Chen, Jia, Boy, Michael, Liu, Zhi-Song Population Density
Wolves on ice: habitat use and selection of water bodies by wolves during winter Veenbrink, Wessel, Zimmermann, Barbara, Sand, Hakan, Wikenros, Camilla, Wabakken, Petter, Mayer, Martin Population Density
A dynamic DRASTIC-based approach for multi-hazard groundwater vulnerability mapping Akbar, Muhammad Umar, Mirchi, Ali, Arshad, Arfan, Mansaray, Abubakarr, Ullah, Ahsan Saif, Madani, Kaveh Population Density
A global threshold model of enabling conditions for social tipping in pro-environmental behavioursthe role of sea level rise anticipation and climate change ... Smith, E. Keith, Wiedermann, Marc, Donges, Jonathan F., Heitzig, Jobst, Winkelmann, Ricarda Population Density
A continuous 20112022 record of fine particulate matter (PM<SUB>2.5</SUB>) in East Asia at daily 2-km resolution from geostationary satellite observations: Population exposure and long-term trends Pendergrass, Drew C., Jacob, Daniel J., Oak, Yujin J., Lee, Jeewoo, Kim, Minseok, Kim, Jhoon, Lee, Seoyoung, Zhai, Shixian, Irie, Hitoshi, Liao, Hong Population Density
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito Haba, Yuki, Korlevic, Petra, McAlister, Erica, Lawniczak, Mara K. N., Schumer, Molly, Rose, Noah H., McBride, Carolyn S., Aardema, Matthew L., Afonso, Maria O., Agramonte, Natasha M., Albright, John, Alho, Ana Margarida, Almeida, Antonio P. G., Alout, Haoues, Alten, Bulent, Altinli, Mine, Amara Korba, Raouf, Andreadis, Stefanos S., Anghel, Vincent, Arich, Soukaina, Arsenault-Benoit, Arielle, Atyame, Celestine, Aubry, Fabien, Avila, Frank W., Ayala, Diego, Azrag, Rasha S., Babayan, Lilit, Bear, Allon, Becker, Norbert, Bega, Anna G., Bejarano, Sophia, Ben-Avi, Ira, Benoit, Joshua B., Boubidi, Said C., Bradshaw, William E., Bravo-Barriga, Daniel, Bueno-Mari, Ruben, Busic, Natasa, Cabanova, Viktoria, Cabeje, Brittany, Caputo, Beniamino, Cardo, Maria V., Carpenter, Simon, Carreton, Elena, Chouaibou, Mouhamadou S., Christian, Michelle, Coetzee, Maureen, Conner, William R., Cornel, Anton, Culverwell, C. Lorna, Cupina, Aleksandra I., De Wolf, Katrien, Deblauwe, Isra, Deegan, Brittany, Delacour-Estrella, Sarah, della Torre, Alessandra, Diaz, Debora, Dool, Serena E., dos Anjos, Vitor L., Dugassa, Sisay, Ebrahimi, Babak, Eisa, Samar Y. M., Elissa, Nohal, Fallatah, Sahar A. B., Faraji, Ary, Fedorova, Marina V., Ferrill, Emily, Fonseca, Dina M., Foss, Kimberly A., Foxi, Cipriano, Franca, Caio M., Fricker, Stephen R., Fritz, Megan L., Frontera, Eva, Fuehrer, Hans-Peter, Futami, Kyoko, Ghallab, Enas H. S., Girod, Romain, Gordeev, Mikhail I., Greer, David, Gschwind, Martin, Guarido, Milehna M., Guat Ney, Teoh, Gunay, Filiz, Haklay, Eran, Hamad, Alwia A. E., Hang, Jun, Hardy, Christopher M., Hartle, Jacob W., Hesson, Jenny C., Higa, Yukiko, Holzapfel, Christina M., Honnen, Ann-Christin, Ionica, Angela M., Jones, Laura, Kadriaj, Perparim, Kamal, Hany A., Kamdem, Colince, Karagodin, Dmitry A., Kasai, Shinji, Kavran, Mihaela, Khater, Emad I. M., Kiene, Frederik, Kim, Heung-Chul, Kioulos, Ilias, Klein, Annette, Klemencic, Marko, Klobucar, Ana, Knutson, Erin, Koenraadt, Constantianus J. M., Kothera, Linda, Kreienbuhl, Pauline, Labbe, Pierrick, Lachmi, Itay, Lambrechts, Louis, Landeka, Nediljko, Lee, Christopher H., Lessard, Bryan D., Leycegui, Ignacio, Lundstrom, Jan O., Lustigman, Yoav, MacIntyre, Caitlin, Mackay, Andrew J., Magori, Krisztian, Maia, Carla, Malcolm, Colin A., Marquez, Ralph-Joncyn O., Martins, Dino, Masri, Reem A., McDivitt, Gillian, McMinn, Rebekah J., Medina, Johana, Mellor, Karen S., Mendoza, Jason, Merdic, Enrih, Mesler, Stacey, Mestre, Camille, Miranda, Homer, Miterpakova, Martina, Montarsi, Fabrizio, Moskaev, Anton V., Mu, Tong, Mohlmann, Tim W. R., Namias, Alice, Ngiru, Ivy, Ngangue, Marc F., Novo, Maria T., Orshan, Laor, Oteo, Jose A., Otsuka, Yasushi, Panarese, Rossella, Paredes-Esquivel, Claudia, Paronyan, Lusine, Peper, Steven T., Petric, Dusan V., Pilapil, Kervin, Pou-Barreto, Cristina, Puechmaille, Sebastien J., Radespiel, Ute, Rahola, Nil, Raman, Vivek K., Redouane, Hamadouche, Reiskind, Michael H., Reissen, Nadja M., Rice, Benjamin L., Robert, Vincent, Ruiz-Arrondo, Ignacio, Salamat, Ryan, Salamone, Amy, Sarih, Mhammed, Satta, Giuseppe, Sawabe, Kyoko, Schaffner, Francis, Schultz, Karen E., Shaikevich, Elena V., Sharakhov, Igor V., Sharakhova, Maria V., Shatara, Nader, Sibataev, Anuarbek K., Sicard, Mathieu, Smith, Evan, Smith, Ryan C., Smitz, Nathalie, Soriano, Nicolas, Spanoudis, Christos G., Stone, Christopher M., Studentsky, Liora, Sulesco, Tatiana, Tantely, Luciano M., Thao, La K., Tietze, Noor, Tokarz, Ryan E., Tsai, Kun-Hsien, Tsuda, Yoshio, Turic, Natasa, Uhran, Melissa R., Unlu, Isik, Van Bortel, Wim, Vardanyan, Haykuhi, Vavassori, Laura, Velo, Enkelejda, Venter, Marietjie, Vignjevic, Goran, Vogels, Chantal B. F., Volkava, Tatsiana, Vontas, John, Ward, Heather M., Wasi Ahmad, Nazni, Weill, Mylene, West, Jennifer D., Wheeler, Sarah S., White, Gregory S., Wipf, Nadja C., Wu, Tai-Ping, Yu, Kai-Di, Zimmermann, Elke, Zittra, Carina Population Density
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