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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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The Spatial and Temporal Influence of Cloud Cover on Satellite-Based Emergency Mapping of Earthquake Disasters Robinson, Tom R., Rosser, Nick, Walters, Richard J. Population Size
Are We in Boswash Yet? A Multi-Source Geodata Approach to Spatially Delimit Urban Corridors Georg, Isabel, Blaschke, Thomas, Taubenbock, Hannes Population Size, Population Density
Adaptation required to preserve future high-end river flood risk at present levels Willner, Sven N., Levermann, Anders, Zhao, Fang, Frieler, Katja Population Size
Changing population dynamics and uneven temperature emergence combine to exacerbate regional exposure to heat extremes under 1.5 C and 2 C of warming Harrington, Luke J, Otto, Friederike E L Population Size, Population Density
HANZE: a pan-European database of exposure to natural hazards and damaging historical floods since 1870 Paprotny, Dominik, Morales-Napoles, Oswaldo, Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. Population Size
Global economic response to river floods Willner, Sven Norman, Otto, Christian, Levermann, Anders Population Size
Coverage Analysis of ATSC 3.0 transition based on SFN Hernandez, Mario A., Velez, Manuel, Matias, Jose M., Angueira, Pablo Population Size
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Spatial gradients of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, atmospheric deposition, and surface water of the Ganges River basin Sharma, Brij Mohan, Melymuk, Lisa, Bharat, Girija K., Pribylova, Petra, Sanka, Ondrej, Klanova, Jana, Nizzetto, Luca Population Size
The Effects of Weather Shocks on Economic Activity: What are the Channels of Impact? Acevedo Mejia, Sebastian, Mrkaic, Mico, Novta, Natalija, Pugacheva, Evgenia, Topalova, Petia Population Size
TethysA python package for spatial and temporal downscaling of global water withdrawals Li, Xinya, Vernon, Chris R., Hejazi, Mohamad I., Link, Robert P., Huang, Zhongwei, Liu, Lu, Feng, Leyang Population Size
Characterisation of plastic microbeads in facial scrubs and their estimated emissions in Mainland China Cheung, Pui Kwan, Fok, Lincoln Population Size
Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases ... Cohen, Aaron J, Brauer, Michael, Burnett, Richard, Anderson, H Ross, Frostad, Joseph, Estep, Kara, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Brunekreef, Bert, Dandona, Lalit, Dandona, Rakhi, Feigin, Valery, Freedman, Greg, Hubbell, Bryan, Jobling, Amelia, Kan, Haidong, Knibbs, Luke, Liu, Yang, Martin, Randall, Morawska, Lidia, Pope, C Arden, Shin, Hwashin, Straif, Kurt, Shaddick, Gavin, Thomas, Matthew, van Dingenen, Rita, van Donkelaar, Aaron, Vos, Theo, Murray, Christopher J L, Forouzanfar, Mohammad H Population Size
ENSO variability reflected in precipitation oxygen isotopes across the Asian Summer Monsoon region Cai, Zhongyin, Tian, Lide, Bowen, Gabriel J. Population Size
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events Bowman, David M. J. S., Williamson, Grant J., Abatzoglou, John T., Kolden, Crystal A., Cochrane, Mark A., Smith, Alistair M. S. Population Size
Mapping the world population one building at a time Tiecke, Tobias G., Liu, Xianming, Zhang, Amy, Gros, Andreas, Li, Nan, Yetman, Gregory, Kilic, Talip, Murray, Siobhan, Blankespoor, Brian, Prydz, Espen B., Dang, Hai-Anh H. Population Size
India is overtaking China as the world's largest emitter of anthropogenic sulfur dioxide Li, Can, McLinden, Chris, Fioletov, Vitali, Krotkov, Nickolay, Carn, Simon, Joiner, Joanna, Streets, David, He, Hao, Ren, Xinrong, Li, Zhanqing, Dickerson, Russell R. Population Size
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