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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 2.5 arc-minute grid cells and associated data sets dated circa 2000. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing more than 300,000 national and sub-national administrative Units, is used to assign population values to grid cells. The population count grids contain estimates of the number of persons per grid cell. The grids are available in various GIS-compatible data formats and geographic extents (global, continent [Antarctica not included], and country levels). GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Projects
GPW
Spatial Extent

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.0417 Decimal Degrees x 0.0417 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL ,
OCEANIA ,
AMERICAN SAMOA ,
ANGUILLA ,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ,
ARUBA ,
BAHAMAS ,
BARBADOS ,
BERMUDA ,
BRUNEI ,
CAPE VERDE ,
CAYMAN ISLANDS ,
COMOROS ,
COOK ISLANDS ,
CUBA ,
CYPRUS ,
DOMINICA ,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,
FAEROE ISLANDS ,
FALKLAND ISLANDS ,
FIJI ,
FRENCH POLYNESIA ,
GRENADA ,
GUADELOUPE ,
GUAM ,
HAITI ,
INDONESIA ,
ISLE OF MAN ,
JAMAICA ,
KIRIBATI ,
MADAGASCAR ,
MALAYSIA ,
MALDIVES ,
MALTA ,
MARSHALL ISLANDS ,
MARTINIQUE ,
MAURITIUS ,
MAYOTTE ,
MICRONESIA ,
MONTSERRAT ,
NAURU ,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ,
NEW CALEDONIA ,
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ,
PALAU ,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,
PHILIPPINES ,
PITCAIRN ISLANDS ,
PUERTO RICO ,
REUNION ,
SAMOA ,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ,
SEYCHELLES ,
SINGAPORE ,
SOLOMON ISLANDS ,
SRI LANKA ,
ST HELENA ,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS ,
ST LUCIA ,
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON ,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ,
TIMOR-LESTE ,
TOKELAU ,
TONGA ,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ,
TUVALU ,
VANUATU ,
VIRGIN ISLANDS ,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS ,
AFGHANISTAN ,
AFRICA ,
ALBANIA ,
ALGERIA ,
ANDORRA ,
ANGOLA ,
ARMENIA ,
ASIA ,
AUSTRALIA ,
AUSTRIA ,
AZERBAIJAN ,
BAHRAIN ,
BANGLADESH ,
BELARUS ,
BELGIUM ,
BELIZE ,
BENIN ,
BHUTAN ,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ,
BOTSWANA ,
BULGARIA ,
BURKINA FASO ,
BURUNDI ,
CAMBODIA ,
CAMEROON ,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ,
CHAD ,
CHINA ,
CONGO ,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,
COSTA RICA ,
COTE D'IVOIRE ,
CROATIA ,
CZECHIA ,
DENMARK ,
DJIBOUTI ,
EGYPT ,
EL SALVADOR ,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA ,
ERITREA ,
ESTONIA ,
ETHIOPIA ,
EUROPE ,
FINLAND ,
FRANCE ,
GABON ,
GAMBIA ,
GEORGIA ,
GERMANY ,
GHANA ,
GIBRALTAR ,
GREECE ,
GUATEMALA ,
GUERNSEY ,
GUINEA ,
GUINEA-BISSAU ,
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 ,
LIECHTENSTEIN ,
LITHUANIA ,
LUXEMBOURG ,
MACAU ,
MALAWI ,
MALI ,
MAURITANIA ,
MOLDOVA ,
MONACO ,
MONGOLIA ,
MOROCCO ,
MOZAMBIQUE ,
MYANMAR ,
NAMIBIA ,
NEPAL ,
NETHERLANDS ,
NEW ZEALAND ,
NICARAGUA ,
NIGER ,
NIGERIA ,
NORTH AMERICA ,
NORTH KOREA ,
NORTH MACEDONIA ,
NORWAY ,
OMAN ,
PAKISTAN ,
PALESTINE ,
PANAMA ,
POLAND ,
PORTUGAL ,
QATAR ,
ROMANIA ,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,
RWANDA ,
SAN MARINO ,
SAUDI ARABIA ,
SENEGAL ,
SERBIA ,
SIERRA LEONE ,
SLOVAKIA ,
SLOVENIA ,
SOMALIA ,
SOUTH AFRICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH KOREA ,
SPAIN ,
SUDAN ,
SWEDEN ,
SWITZERLAND ,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,
TAIWAN ,
TAJIKISTAN ,
TANZANIA ,
TOGO ,
TUNISIA ,
TURKEY ,
TURKMENISTAN ,
UGANDA ,
UKRAINE ,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,
UNITED KINGDOM ,
UZBEKISTAN ,
VATICAN CITY ,
VIETNAM ,
YEMEN ,
ZAMBIA ,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-07-01 ,
1995-07-01 ,
2000-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3551580850-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1140
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Size

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, United Nations Food And Agriculture Programme-FAO, & Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical-CIAT. (2005). Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid (Version 3.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP Date Accessed: 2026-07-17

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