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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
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
C3540911768-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 [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X63JVC Date Accessed: 2026-06-03

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Persistent effect of El Nino on global economic growth Callahan, Christopher W., Mankin, Justin S. Population Size
Considerable Unaccounted Local Sources of NO(x)Emissions in China Kong, Hao, Lin, Jintai, Chen, Lulu, Zhang, Yuhang, Yan, Yingying, Liu, Mengyao, Ni, Ruijing, Liu, Zehui, Weng, Hongjian Population Size
Comparing predictions of IUCN Red List categories from machine learning Wieringa, Jamin G Population Size
European primary emissions of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases in 2020 modulated by the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions Guevara, Marc, Petetin, Herve, Jorba, Oriol, Denier van der Gon, Hugo, Kuenen, Jeroen, Super, Ingrid, Jalkanen, Jukka-Pekka, Majamaki, Elisa, Johansson, Lasse, Peuch, Vincent-Henri, Perez Garcia-Pando, Carlos Population Size
Forest fire and its key drivers in the tropical forests of northern Trang, P. T., Andrew, M. E., Chu, T., Enright, N. J. Population Size, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Drivers of human-megaherbivore interactions in the Eastern and Western Ramesh, Tharmalingam, Milda, David, Kalle, Riddhika, Gayathri, V., Thanikodi, M., Ashish, K., Giordano, Anthony J. Population Size
Empiric recommendations for population disaggregation under different data scenarios Sapena, Marta, Kuhnl, Marlene, Wurm, Michael, Patino, Jorge E., Duque, Juan C., Taubenbock, Hannes Population Size
Changes in the risk of extreme temperatures in megacities worldwide Rajulapati, Chandra Rupa, Abdelmoaty, Hebatallah Mohamed, Nerantzaki, Sofia D., Papalexiou, Simon Michael Population Size
National attribution of historical climate damages Callahan, Christopher W., Mankin, Justin S. Population Size
Increasing co-occurrence of fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone extremes in the western United States Kalashnikov, Dmitri A., Schnell, Jordan L., Abatzoglou, John T., Swain, Daniel L., Singh, Deepti Population Size
Factors driving human-wild pig interactions: implications for wildlife Milda, David, Ramesh, Tharmalingam, Kalle, Riddhika, Gayathri, V., Thanikodi, M., Ashish, K. Population Size
Key factors determining water quality, fish community dynamics, and the ecological health in an Asian temperate lotic system Mamun, Md, An, Kwang-Guk Population Size
The economic impact of weather anomalies Felbermayr, Gabriel, Groschl, Jasmin, Sanders, Mark, Schippers, Vincent, Steinwachs, Thomas Population Size
The Canadian Optimized Statistical Smoke Exposure Model (CanOSSEM): A machine learning approach to estimate national daily fine particulate matter ... Paul, Naman, Yao, Jiayun, McLean, Kathleen E., Stieb, David M., Henderson, Sarah B. Population Size, Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone
Improving the evidence base: A methodological review of the quantitative climate migration literature Hoffmann, Roman, Sedova, Barbora, Vinke, Kira Population Size
Climate change, social vulnerability and child nutrition in South Asia McMahon, Kathryn, Gray, Clark Population Size
CityChrone: an Interactive Platform for Transport Network Analysis and Planning in Urban Systems Biazzo, Indaco Population Size
Agricultural land acquisitions unlikely to address the food security needs of African countries Mechiche-Alami, Altaaf, Yagoubi, Jihad, Nicholas, Kimberly A. Population Size
Air pollution from forest and vegetation fires in Southeast Asia disproportionately impacts the poor Reddington, Carly L., Conibear, Luke, Robinson, Suzanne, Knote, Christoph, Arnold, Stephen R., Spracklen, Dominick V. Infant Mortality Rates, Land Use/Land Cover, Surface Water, Population Size
An autopilot for energy modelsautomatic generation of renewable supply curves, hourly capacity factors and hourly synthetic electricity demand for arbitrary ... Mattsson, Niclas, Verendel, Vilhelm, Hedenus, Fredrik, Reichenberg, Lina Population Size
Global River Flood Risk Under Climate Change Dottori, Francesco, Alfieri, Lorenzo, Rossi, Lauro, Rudari, Roberto, Ward, Philip J., Zhao, Fang Population Size
Global riverine flood riskhow do hydrogeomorphic floodplain maps compare to flood hazard maps? Lindersson, Sara, Brandimarte, Luigia, Mard, Johanna, Di Baldassarre, Giuliano Population Size, Population Density
Global flood exposure from different sized rivers Bernhofen, Mark V., Trigg, Mark A., Sleigh, P. Andrew, Sampson, Christopher C., Smith, Andrew M. Population Size
Collaboration for conservation: Assessing countrywide carnivore occupancy dynamics from sparse data Van der Weyde, Leanne K., Tobler, Mathias W., Gielen, Marie Charlotte, Cozzi, Gabriele, Weise, Florian J., Adams, Tempe, Bauer, Dominik, Bennitt, Emily, Bowles, Matthew, Brassine, Alienor, Broekhuis, Femke, Chase, Michael, Collins, Kai, Finerty, Genevieve E., Golabek, Krystyna, Hartley, Robyn, Henley, Steve, Isden, Jessica, Keeping, Derek, Kesch, Kristina, Klein, Rebecca, Kokole, Morulaganyi, Kotze, Robynne, LeFlore, Eric, Maude, Glyn, McFarlane, Kevin, McNutt, J. Weldon, Mills, Gus, Morapedi, Mompoloi, Morgan, Simon, Ngaka, Keitumetse, Proust, Nicolas, Rich, Lindsey, Roodbal, Marnus, Selebatso, Moses, Snyman, Andrei, Stein, Andrew, Sutcliff, Robert, Tshimologo, Botilo, Whitesell, Carolyn, Winterbach, Christiaan, Flyman, Michael V. Population Size, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The effect of mobile money on borrowing and saving: Evidence from Tanzania Naito, Hisahiro, Ismailov, Askar, Kimaro, Albert Benson Human Settlements, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure, Population Size
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