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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals consists of estimates of human population consistent with national censuses and population registers with respect to relative spatial distribution, but adjusted to match 2015 Revision of UN World Population Prospects country totals for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 12.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, is used to assign population values to 30 arc-second (~1 km) grid cells. The grids contain estimates of the number of persons per grid cell.

Product Summary

Platforms
Models
Instruments
Computer
Projects
GPW
Spatial Extent

N: 85 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.00833 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833 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
C3540931688-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
5
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Size

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. (2016). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SF2T42 Date Accessed: 2026-06-06

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Regionalized Shared Socioeconomic Pathways: narratives and spatial population projections for the Mediterranean coastal zone Reimann, Lena, Merkens, Jan-Ludolf, Vafeidis, Athanasios T. Population Size, Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
The increasing impact of weather on electricity supply and demand Staffell, Iain, Pfenninger, Stefan Population Size
High resolution global gridded data for use in population studies Lloyd, Christopher T., Sorichetta, Alessandro, Tatem, Andrew J. Boundaries, Population Size
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Spatial patterns of wet season precipitation vertical gradients on the Tibetan Plateau and the surroundings Cuo, Lan, Zhang, Yongxin Population Size
Mapping internal connectivity through human migration in malaria endemic countries Sorichetta, Alessandro, Bird, Tom J., Ruktanonchai, Nick W., zu Erbach-Schoenberg, Elisabeth, Pezzulo, Carla, Tejedor, Natalia, Waldock, Ian C., Sadler, Jason D., Garcia, Andres J., Sedda, Luigi, Tatem, Andrew J. Population Size
Taking Advantage of the Improved Availability of Census Data: A First Look at the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 Doxsey-Whitfield, Erin, MacManus, Kytt, Adamo, Susana B., Pistolesi, Linda, Squires, John, Borkovska, Olena, Baptista, Sandra R. Boundaries, Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover, Water Resources, Population Density, Surface Water, Population
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