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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, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population (number of persons per pixel) consistent with national censuses and population registers with respect to relative spatial distribution, but adjusted to match the 2015 Revision of the United Nation's World Population Prospects (UN WPP) country totals 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 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 adjusted count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree 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
C3540909447-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
54
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Population Size

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2018). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11 (Version 4.11) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PN93PB Date Accessed: 2026-06-07

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Global food loss and waste embodies unrecognized harms to air quality and biodiversity hotspots Guo, Yixin, Tan, Haiyue, Zhang, Lin, Liu, Gang, Zhou, Mi, Vira, Julius, Hess, Peter G., Liu, Xueying, Paulot, Fabien, Liu, Xuejun Population Size, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds
Exploring high-resolution near-surface CO concentrations based on Himawari-8 top-of-atmosphere radiation data: Assessing the distribution of city-level CO hotspots ... Chen, Bin, Hu, Jiashun, Song, Zhihao, Zhou, Xingzhao, Zhao, Lin, Wang, Yixuan, Chen, Ruming, Ren, Yuxiang Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Monoxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Population Size, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Air Quality, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators, Water Vapor, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
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Perspective: What might it cost to reconfigure food systems? Thornton, Philip, Chang, Yuling, Loboguerrero, Ana Maria, Campbell, Bruce Population Size
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Modeling Dynamic Systems for Sustainable Development: Avoiding an unjust transition to sustainability: An equity metric for spatial conservation planning Venier-Cambron, Camille, Malek, Ziga, Verburg, Peter H. Population Size
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A tool for air pollution scenarios (TAPS v1.0) to enable global Atkinson, William, Eastham, Sebastian D., Chen, Y.-H. Henry, Morris, Jennifer, Paltsev, Sergey, Schlosser, C. Adam, Selin, Noelle E. Population Size
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