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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density 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 density grids are derived by dividing the population count grids by the land area grid and represent persons per square kilometer. 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
C3551580873-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1136
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Density

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, & Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical-CIAT. (2005). Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid (Version 3.00) [Dataset]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2 Date Accessed: 2026-07-19

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New estimates of flood exposure in developing countries using high-resolution population data Smith, Andrew, Bates, Paul D., Wing, Oliver, Sampson, Christopher, Quinn, Niall, Neal, Jeff Population Density
The Role of Large Dams in Promoting Economic Development under the Pressure of Population Growth Shi, Haiyun, Chen, Ji, Liu, Suning, Sivakumar, Bellie Population Density
Water stressors in Europe: New threats in the old world Ferreira, Teresa, Globevnik, Lidija, Schinegger, Rafaela Population Density
Development of a REgion-Specific Ecosystem Feedback Fire (RESFire) Model in the Community Earth System Model Zou, Yufei, Wang, Yuhang, Ke, Ziming, Tian, Hanqin, Yang, Jia, Liu, Yongqiang Population Density
Economic losses due to ozone impacts on human health, forest productivity and crop yield across China Feng, Zhaozhong, De Marco, Alessandra, Anav, Alessandro, Gualtieri, Maurizio, Sicard, Pierre, Tian, Hanqin, Fornasier, Francesca, Tao, Fulu, Guo, Anhong, Paoletti, Elena Population Density
Gaining prediction accuracy in land use modeling by integrating modeled hydrologic variables Wagner, Paul D., Fohrer, Nicola Population Density
Global spatio-temporally harmonised datasets for producing high-resolution gridded population distribution datasets Lloyd, Christopher T., Chamberlain, Heather, Kerr, David, Yetman, Greg, Pistolesi, Linda, Stevens, Forrest R., Gaughan, Andrea E., Nieves, Jeremiah J., Hornby, Graeme, MacManus, Kytt, Sinha, Parmanand, Bondarenko, Maksym, Sorichetta, Alessandro, Tatem, Andrew J. Population Density, Boundaries
Land radiative management as contributor to regional-scale climate adaptation and mitigation Seneviratne, Sonia I., Phipps, Steven J., Pitman, Andrew J., Hirsch, Annette L., Davin, Edouard L., Donat, Markus G., Hirschi, Martin, Lenton, Andrew, Wilhelm, Micah, Kravitz, Ben Population Density
Real-time earthquake intensity estimation using streaming data analysis of social and physical sensors Kropivnitskaya, Yelena, Tiampo, Kristy F., Qin, Jinhui, Bauer, Michael A. Population Density
Quantitative mapping of groundwater depletion at the water management scale using a combined GRACE/InSAR approach Castellazzi, Pascal, Longuevergne, Laurent, Martel, Richard, Rivera, Alfonso, Brouard, Charles, Chaussard, Estelle Population Density
The global distribution of economic activity: Nature, history, and the role of trade Henderson, J Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David Population Density
Welfare effects of weather variability: Multi-country evidence from Africa south of the Sahara Haile, Beliyou, Signorelli, Sara, Azzarri, Carlo, Johnson, Timothy Population Density
Warfare and wildlife declines in Africa's protected areas Daskin, Joshua H., Pringle, Robert M. Population Density
Changes in human footprint drive changes in species extinction risk Di Marco, Moreno, Venter, Oscar, Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M. Population Density, Population Size, Population Estimates
Guide to the wildlife of Southwest China Cleveland, Arthur G Population Density
Historical Trends in PM2.5-Related Premature Mortality during 19902010 across the Northern Hemisphere Wang, Jiandong, Xing, Jia, Mathur, Rohit, Pleim, Jonathan E., Wang, Shuxiao, Hogrefe, Christian, Gan, Chuen-Meei, Wong, David C., Hao, Jiming Population Density
Natural City Growth in the People's Republic of China Egger, Peter H., Loumeau, Gabriel, Puschel, Nicole Population Density
Role of fire in the global land water budget during the twentieth century due to changing ecosystems Li, Fang, Lawrence, David M. Population Density
Real-Time Earthquake Intensity Estimation Using Streaming Data Analysis Kropivnitskaya, Yelena, Tiampo, Kristy F., Qin, Jinhui, Bauer, Michael A. Population Density
Rapid spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet in France: the role of human-mediated dispersal and the effects of control measures Robinet, Christelle, Suppo, Christelle, Darrouzet, Eric Population Density
The predictive relationship between earthquake intensity and tweets rate for realtime groundmotion estimation Kropivnitskaya, Yelena, Tiampo, Kristy F., Qin, Jinhui, Bauer, Michael A. Population Density
The importance of human population characteristics in modeling Aedes aegypti distributions and assessing risk of mosquito-borne infectious diseases Obenauer, Julie F., Andrew Joyner, T., Harris, Joseph B. Population, Population Density
Socio-environmental drivers of forest change in rural Uganda Call, Maia, Mayer, Tony, Sellers, Samuel, Ebanks, Diamond, Bertalan, Margit, Nebie, Elisabeth, Gray, Clark Population Density
Successful conservation of global waterbird populations depends on effective governance Amano, Tatsuya, Szekely, Tamas, Sandel, Brody, Nagy, Szabolcs, Mundkur, Taej, Langendoen, Tom, Blanco, Daniel, Soykan, Candan U., Sutherland, William J. Population Density
Soils of Humid Mid-Latitude Landscapes Schulze, Darrell G. Population Size, Fertilizers, Conservation, Sustainability, Population Density, Cropland, Water Resources
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