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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

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. (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: 2026-06-08

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Evaluating the relationship between community water and sanitation access and the global burden of antibiotic resistance: an ecological study Fuhrmeister, Erica R, Harvey, Abigail P, Nadimpalli, Maya L, Gallandat, Karin, Ambelu, Argaw, Arnold, Benjamin F, Brown, Joe, Cumming, Oliver, Earl, Ashlee M, Kang, Gagandeep, Kariuki, Samuel, Levy, Karen, Pinto Jimenez, Chris E, Swarthout, Jenna M, Trueba, Gabriel, Tsukayama, Pablo, Worby, Colin J, Pickering, Amy J Population Density
Environmental, social and behavioral risk factors in association with spatial clustering of childhood cancer incidence Huls, Anke, Van Cor, Sara, Christensen, Grace M., Li, Zhenjiang, Liu, Yuxi, Shi, Liuhua, Pearce, John L., Bayakly, Rana, Lash, Timothy L., Ward, Kevin, Switchenko, Jeffrey M. Population Density
Data science approaches to public health: case studies using routine health data from India Mitra, Arun, Soman, Biju, Gaitonde, Rakhal, Bhatnagar, Tarun, Nieuhas, Engelbert, Kumar, Sajin Population Density
Divided at the Edge-Measuring Performance and the Digital Divide of Cloud Edge Data Centers Martin, Noah, Dogar, Fahad Population Density
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Hotspot movement of compound events on the Europe continent Doshi, Smit Chetan, Lohmann, Gerrit, Ionita, Monica Population Density
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Global High-Resolution Estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index Using Satellite Imagery and Machine-learning Sherman, Luke, Proctor, Jonathan, Druckenmiller, Hannah, Tapia, Heriberto, Hsiang, Solomon Population Density
GIS-Driven Method for Site Feasibility Assessment of Large-Scale Solar Thermal Seawater Desalination: An Australian Case Study Huang, Yingfei, Omar, Amr, Saldivia, David, Taylor, Robert A., Leslie, Greg Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Population Density
Global scale coupling of pyromes and fire regimes Pais, Cristobal, Gonzalez-Olabarria, Jose Ramon, Elimbi Moudio, Pelagie, Garcia-Gonzalo, Jordi, Gonzalez, Marta C., Shen, Zuo-Jun Max Population Density, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Fire Dynamics
Combining remote sensing and tracking data to quantify species' cumulative exposure to anthropogenic change Buchan, Claire, Gilroy, James J., Catry, Ines, Hewson, Chris M., Atkinson, Philip W., Franco, Aldina M. A. Population Density
People and infrastructure: multi-scale assessment of coastal and fluvial flood exposure in India Zoraghein, Hamidreza, Pinchoff, Jessie, Balk, Deborah, Montgomery, Mark, Engin, Hasim Population Density
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Near-term regional climate change in East Africa Choi, Yeon-Woo, Campbell, Deborah J., Eltahir, Elfatih A.B. Population Density
Optimizing Soil Moisture Station Networks for Future Climates Bessenbacher, V., Gudmundsson, L., Seneviratne, S. I. Population Density
Opportunistic citizen science data reveals habitat selection of lesser blackbacked gulls in Central Europe Lanczos, Zsuzsanna, Vegvari, Zsolt, Ecsedi, Zoltan, Boros, Emil Population Density
National ground-level NO2 predictions via satellite imagery driven convolutional neural networks Cao, Elton L. Population Density, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Protocol for estimating the impact of climate change on economic growth and inequality under climate policies Tang, Yun, Duan, Hongbo, Yu, Shi-Yun Population Density
Quantification of carbon monoxide emissions from African cities using TROPOMI Leguijt, Gijs, Maasakkers, Joannes D., Denier van der Gon, Hugo A. C., Segers, Arjo J., Borsdorff, Tobias, Aben, Ilse Population Density
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