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The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population (number of persons per pixel), consistent with national censuses and population registers, 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 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
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
C3540918004-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
54
Processing Level
4
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. (2018). Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 (Version 4.11) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BX5 Date Accessed: 2026-05-28

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