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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 consists of two rasters that measure surface areas of land and water in square kilometers per pixel. The Land Area raster provides estimates of the land area, excluding permanent ice and water, within each pixel, and was used to calculate the population density rasters. The Water Area raster provides estimates of the water area (permanent ice and water) within each pixel. The sum of land area and water area of a pixel equals the total surface area of that pixel. 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 data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions.

Product Summary

Platforms
Models
Instruments
Computer
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
2010-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3540911087-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
20
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Use/Land Cover ,
Surface Water ,
Water Resources

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. (2018). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 (Version 4.11) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Z60M4Z Date Accessed: 2026-05-17

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Exacerbating hydrological extremes in China's large reservoir drainage areas Li, Xinyu, Wang, Kaiwen, Liu, Changming, Zhao, Gang, Jiang, Zhouyuqian, Luo, Qiuyu, Wang, Guan, Zhang, Dan, Yu, Jiamiao, Liu, Xiaomang Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources
How is Gaia doing? Trends in global land degradation and improvement Bai, Zhanguo, Russ, Jason Daniel, Mayr, Kentaro Florian, Dent, David Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A geospatial inventory dataset of study sites in a Korean Quaternary Kim, Soo Hyun, Byun, Eunji Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Assessing conditions to scale up private investment in forest restoration Vincent, Jeffrey, Aga, Yoshihiko, Boscolo, Marco, Chang, Kaichao, Cheng, Zhuo, Dilger, John, Guerrero Machado, Daniel, Herrera, Diego, Kaczan, David, McMahon, Andrea, Rambaud, Pierrick, Spirovska Kono, Marija, Tenneson, Karis, Van Rijn, Mathieu, Walji, Khalil, Yi, Yuanyuan, Finegold, Yelena Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources
River Network Connectivity Reductions Dominate Declines in the Richness Bai, Xiongfeng, Zhang, Peng, Xiong, Lihua, Yang, Zhi, Wang, Siyang, Dong, Xianghong, Sun, Heying, Li, Wenbin, Chang, Jianbo Floods, Food Security, Sustainability, Climate Adaptation, Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources, Population Size, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Population Density, Human Settlements, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure, Cropland
A 31-year (19902020) global gridded population dataset generated by cluster analysis and statistical learning Liu, Luling, Cao, Xin, Li, Shijie, Jie, Na Population Density, Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources
Detecting Range Shrinking From Historical Amphibian Species Occurrences Under Influence of Human Impacts: A Case Study Using the Chinese Giant Salamander ... Li, Siqing, Dai, Wenyu, Wang, Zhenkang, Wu, Zhaoning, Wang, Jiechen Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources
Combining the responses of habitat suitability and connectivity to climate change for an East Asian endemic frog Luo, Zhenhua, Wang, Xiaoyi, Yang, Shaofa, Cheng, Xinlan, Liu, Yang, Hu, Junhua Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources
Estimating population and urban areas at risk of coastal hazards, 19902015: how data choices matter MacManus, Kytt, Balk, Deborah, Engin, Hasim, McGranahan, Gordon, Inman, Rya Boundaries, Population Distribution, Population Size, Population Estimates, Sustainability, Electricity, Energy Production/Use, Human Settlements, Sustainable Development, Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources
Recent Increases in Exposure to Extreme Humid-Heat Events Rogers, Cassandra D. W., Ting, Mingfang, Li, Cuihua, Kornhuber, Kai, Coffel, Ethan D., Horton, Radley M., Raymond, Colin, Singh, Deepti Population, Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources, Cropland
Observational evidence of wildfire-promoting soil moisture anomalies O, Sungmin, Hou, Xinyuan, Orth, Rene Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Water Resources, Population Density
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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