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The Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990-2100, were based on the UN 1998 Medium Long Range Projection for the years 1995 to 2100. The official version projects population for 8 regions of the world including Africa, Asia (minus India and China), India, China, Europe, Latin America, Northern America, and Oceania. This data set is produced and distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms
Models
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Location
GLOBAL ,
BAHAMAS ,
BARBADOS ,
BRUNEI ,
CAPE VERDE ,
COMOROS ,
CUBA ,
CYPRUS ,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,
FIJI ,
FRENCH POLYNESIA ,
GUADELOUPE ,
GUAM ,
HAITI ,
INDONESIA ,
JAMAICA ,
MADAGASCAR ,
MALAYSIA ,
MALDIVES ,
MALTA ,
MARTINIQUE ,
MAURITIUS ,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ,
NEW CALEDONIA ,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,
PHILIPPINES ,
PUERTO RICO ,
REUNION ,
SAMOA ,
SINGAPORE ,
SOLOMON ISLANDS ,
SRI LANKA ,
TIMOR-LESTE ,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,
VANUATU ,
AFGHANISTAN ,
ALBANIA ,
ALGERIA ,
ANGOLA ,
ARGENTINA ,
ARMENIA ,
AUSTRALIA ,
AUSTRIA ,
AZERBAIJAN ,
BAHRAIN ,
BANGLADESH ,
BELARUS ,
BELGIUM ,
BELIZE ,
BENIN ,
BHUTAN ,
BOLIVIA ,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ,
BOTSWANA ,
BRAZIL ,
BULGARIA ,
BURKINA FASO ,
BURUNDI ,
CAMBODIA ,
CAMEROON ,
CANADA ,
CHAD ,
CHILE ,
CHINA ,
COLOMBIA ,
CONGO ,
COSTA RICA ,
COTE D'IVOIRE ,
CROATIA ,
DENMARK ,
DJIBOUTI ,
ECUADOR ,
EGYPT ,
EL SALVADOR ,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA ,
ERITREA ,
ESTONIA ,
ETHIOPIA ,
FINLAND ,
FRANCE ,
GABON ,
GAMBIA ,
GAZA STRIP ,
GEORGIA ,
GERMANY ,
GHANA ,
GREECE ,
GUATEMALA ,
GUINEA ,
GUINEA-BISSAU ,
GUYANA ,
HONDURAS ,
HONG KONG ,
HUNGARY ,
ICELAND ,
INDIA ,
IRAN ,
IRAQ ,
IRELAND ,
ISRAEL ,
ITALY ,
JAPAN ,
JORDAN ,
KAZAKHSTAN ,
KENYA ,
KUWAIT ,
KYRGYZSTAN ,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,
LATVIA ,
LEBANON ,
LESOTHO ,
LIBERIA ,
LIBYA ,
LITHUANIA ,
LUXEMBOURG ,
MACAU ,
MALAWI ,
MALI ,
MAURITANIA ,
MEXICO ,
MOLDOVA ,
MONGOLIA ,
MOROCCO ,
MOZAMBIQUE ,
MYANMAR ,
NAMIBIA ,
NEPAL ,
NETHERLANDS ,
NEW ZEALAND ,
NICARAGUA ,
NIGER ,
NIGERIA ,
NORTH KOREA ,
NORTH MACEDONIA ,
NORWAY ,
OMAN ,
PAKISTAN ,
PANAMA ,
PARAGUAY ,
PERU ,
POLAND ,
PORTUGAL ,
QATAR ,
ROMANIA ,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,
RWANDA ,
SAUDI ARABIA ,
SENEGAL ,
SIERRA LEONE ,
SLOVAKIA ,
SLOVENIA ,
SOMALIA ,
SOUTH AFRICA ,
SOUTH KOREA ,
SPAIN ,
SUDAN ,
SURINAME ,
SWEDEN ,
SWITZERLAND ,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,
TAJIKISTAN ,
TANZANIA ,
THAILAND ,
TOGO ,
TUNISIA ,
TURKEY ,
TURKMENISTAN ,
UGANDA ,
UKRAINE ,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,
UNITED KINGDOM ,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,
URUGUAY ,
UZBEKISTAN ,
VENEZUELA ,
VIETNAM ,
WESTERN SAHARA ,
YEMEN ,
ZAMBIA ,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3550185812-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Emissions ,
Population ,
Population Distribution ,
Climate Adaptation

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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Gaffin, S. R., Xing, X., & Yetman, G. (2002). Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES B2 Scenario, 1990-2100 (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PC308P Date Accessed: 2026-04-19

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