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The Global 1-km Downscaled Population Base Year and Projection Grids Based on the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, Revision 01, data set consists of global urban, rural, and total
populaton for the base year 2000, and population projections at ten-year intervals for 2010-2100 at a resolution of 1-km (about 30 arc-seconds), consistent both quantitatively and qualitatively with the SSPs. This 1-km data set is a downscaled version of the one-eighth degree (7.5 arc-minutes) data published in Jones and O'Neill (2016).
The downscaling methods were published in Gao (2017). Spatial demographic data are key inputs for the analysis of land use, energy use, and emissions, as well as for the
assessment of climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation. The SSPs are developed to support future climate and global change research and the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
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Spatial Extent
N: 83.63S: -55.77E: 180W: -180
Spatial Resolution
0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees
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Jones, B., ONeill, B. C., & Gao, J. (2020). Global 1-km Downscaled Population Base Year and Projection Grids for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), Revision 01 (Version 1.01) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/Q7Z9-9R69 Date Accessed: 2026-05-17
Jones, B., B. C. ONeill, and J. Gao. “Global 1-Km Downscaled Population Base Year and Projection Grids for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), Revision 01.” Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2020. doi:10.7927/Q7Z9-9R69. Date Accessed: 2026-05-17
Jones, B., et al. Global 1-Km Downscaled Population Base Year and Projection Grids for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), Revision 01. 1.01, Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2020, doi:10.7927/Q7Z9-9R69. Date Accessed: 2026-05-17
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