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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
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
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: 2026-06-09

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Climate predicts geographic and temporal variation in mosquito-borne disease dynamics on two continents Caldwell, Jamie M., LaBeaud, A. Desiree, Lambin, Eric F., Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M., Ndenga, Bryson A., Mutuku, Francis M., Krystosik, Amy R., Ayala, Efrain Beltran, Anyamba, Assaf, Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J., Damoah, Richard, Grossi-Soyster, Elysse N., Heras, Froilan Heras, Ngugi, Harun N., Ryan, Sadie J., Shah, Melisa M., Sippy, Rachel, Mordecai, Erin A. Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Large air quality and public health impacts due to Amazonian deforestation fires in 2019 Butt, Edward W., Conibear, Luke, Knote, Christoph, Spracklen, Dominick V. Population Size, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Impacts of sectoral, regional, species, and day-specific emissions on air pollution and public health in Washington, DC Nawaz, M. O., Henze, D. K., Harkins, C., Cao, H., Nault, B., Jo, D., Jimenez, J., Anenberg, S. C., Goldberg, D. L., Qu, Z. Population Size
Interannual variation of reactive nitrogen emissions and their impacts on PM2. 5 air pollution in China during 20052015 Chen, Youfan, Zhang, Lin, Henze, Daven K, Zhao, Yuanhong, Lu, Xiao, Winiwarter, Wilfried, Guo, Yixin, Liu, Xuejun, Wen, Zhang, Pan, Yuepeng, Song, Yu Population Size, Sulfur Dioxide
Enhanced surface urban heat islands due to divergent urban-rural greening trends Chen, Chi, Li, Dan, Keenan, Trevor F Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Population Size
Divergent causes of terrestrial water storage decline between drylands and humid regions globally An, Linli, Wang, Jida, Huang, Jianping, Pokhrel, Yadu, Hugonnet, Romain, Wada, Yoshihide, Caceres, Denise, Muller Schmied, Hannes, Song, Chunqiao, Berthier, Etienne, Yu, Haipeng, Zhang, Guolong Population Size
Global atlas of closed-loop pumped hydro energy storage Stocks, Matthew, Stocks, Ryan, Lu, Bin, Cheng, Cheng, Blakers, Andrew Human Settlements, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure, Lakes/Reservoirs, Land Use/Land Cover, Population Size
Gateway Placement Optimization in LEO Satellite Networks Based on Traffic Estimation Guo, Jianming, Rincon, David, Sallent, Sebastia, Yang, Lei, Chen, Xiaoqian, Chen, Xianqi Population Size
Greenhouse gas fluxes from Alaska's North Slope inferred from the Airborne Carbon Measurements campaign (ACME-V) Tadic, Jovan M., Miller, Scot, Yadav, Vineet, Biraud, Sebastien C. Population Size, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Boundary Layer Winds
Climatic signatures in the different COVID-19 pandemic waves across both hemispheres Fontal, Alejandro, Bouma, Menno J., San-Jose, Adria, Lopez, Leonardo, Pascual, Mercedes, Rodo, Xavier Population Size
PREDICTION IN THE PRESENCE OF RESPONSE-DEPENDENT MISSING LABELS Song, Hyebin, Raskutti, Garvesh, Willett, Rebecca Population Size
Modelling the influence of naturally acquired immunity from subclinical infection on outbreak dynamics and persistence of rabies in domestic dogs Gold, Susannah, Donnelly, Christl A., Woodroffe, Rosie, Nouvellet, Pierre Population Size
Solar superstorms: planning for an internet apocalypse Jyothi, Sangeetha Abdu Population Size
Sensitivities of ozone air pollution in the BeijingTianjinHebei area to local and upwind precursor emissions using adjoint modeling Wang, Xiaolin, Fu, Tzung-May, Zhang, Lin, Cao, Hansen, Zhang, Qiang, Ma, Hanchen, Shen, Lu, Evans, Mathew J., Ivatt, Peter D., Lu, Xiao, Chen, Youfan, Zhang, Lijuan, Feng, Xu, Yang, Xin, Zhu, Lei, Henze, Daven K. Population Size
Sensitivity analysis and parameter estimation of anthropogenic water Nakayama, Tadanobu, Wang, Qinxue, Okadera, Tomohiro Population Size
Riverine plastic pollution from fisheries: Insights from the Ganges River system Nelms, Sarah E., Duncan, Emily M., Patel, Surshti, Badola, Ruchi, Bhola, Sunanda, Chakma, Surfarsha, Chowdhury, Gawsia Wahidunnessa, Godley, Brendan J., Haque, Alifa Bintha, Johnson, Jeyaraj Antony, Khatoon, Hina, Kumar, Sumit, Napper, Imogen E., Niloy, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Akter, Tanjila, Badola, Srishti, Dev, Aditi, Rawat, Sunita, Santillo, David, Sarker, Subrata, Sharma, Ekta, Koldewey, Heather Population Size
Satellite Data and Epidemic Cartography: A Study of the Relationship Between the Concentration of NO2 and the COVID-19 Epidemic Pignocchino, Gianmarco, Pezzoli, Alessandro, Besana, Angelo Population Size
The effect of forced change and unforced variability in heat waves Lee, Jangho, Mast, Jeffrey C., Dessler, Andrew E. Population Size, Population Density
The nonlinear response of fine particulate matter pollution to ammonia emission reductions in North China Liu, Zehui, Zhou, Mi, Chen, Youfan, Chen, Dan, Pan, Yuepeng, Song, Tao, Ji, Dongsheng, Chen, Qi, Zhang, Lin Population Size
The rise of West Nile Virus in Southern and Southeastern Europe: A Watts, Matthew J., Sarto i Monteys, Victor, Mortyn, P. Graham, Kotsila, Panagiota Population Size
Using the max-p regions problem algorithm to define regions for energy system modelling Fleischer, Christian Etienne Population Size
Trends and Variability of Ozone Pollution over the Mountain-Basin Areas in Sichuan Province during 20132020: Synoptic Impacts and Formation Regimes Chen, Youfan, Han, Han, Zhang, Murong, Zhao, Yuanhong, Huang, Yipeng, Zhou, Mi, Wang, Cong, He, Guangyan, Huang, Ran, Luo, Bin, Hu, Yongtao Population Size
Air quality response in China linked to the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation Miyazaki, K., Bowman, K., Sekiya, T., Jiang, Z., Chen, X., Eskes, H., Ru, M., Zhang, Y., Shindell, D. 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
The global lake area, climate, and population dataset Meyer, Michael F., Labou, Stephanie G., Cramer, Alli N., Brousil, Matthew R., Luff, Bradley T. 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, Population Size
Air quality and health impacts of vegetation and peat fires in Equatorial Asia during 20042015 Kiely, Laura, Spracklen, Dominick V, Wiedinmyer, Christine, Conibear, Luke, Reddington, Carly L, Arnold, Stephen R, Knote, Christoph, Khan, Md Firoz, Latif, Mohd Talib, Syaufina, Lailan, Adrianto, Hari A Population Size
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