The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on counts consistent with national censuses and population registers with respect to relative spatial distribution, but adjusted to match the 2015 Revision of the United Nation's World Population Prospects (UN WPP) country totals, for the years 2000, 2005, 2011, 2015, and 2020. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, was used to assign UN WPP-adjusted population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. The density rasters were created by dividing the UN WPP-adjusted population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. 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 adjusted count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions to produce density rasters at these resolutions.
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Title: Documentation for the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4), Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-13
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H45Q4T5F
Online Resource: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/docs/gpw-v4/gpw-v4-documentation-rev11.pdf
Title: Taking Advantage of the Improved Availability of Census Data: A First Look at the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4
Publication Date: 2015-07-24
Author(s): Doxsey-Whitfield, E., K. MacManus, S. B. Adamo, L. Pistolesi, J. Squires, O. Borkovska and S. R. Baptista
Series: Papers in Applied Geography
Volume: 1
Issue: 3
Pages: 226-235
DOI: 10.1080/23754931.2015.1014272
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.1080/23754931.2015.1014272
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H4BC3WMT
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BC3WMT
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Basic Demographic Characteristics, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H46M34XX
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H46M34XX
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H42Z13KG
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H42Z13KG
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H4Z60M4Z
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Z60M4Z
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H4TD9VDP
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TD9VDP
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H4JW8BX5
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BX5
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H4PN93PB
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PN93PB
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11
Publication Date: 2018-12-31
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H49C6VHW
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H4HX19NJ
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HX19NJ
Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 10
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
DOI: 10.7927/H49884ZR
Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H49884ZR
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WGS84 | WGS84 | 6378137.0 | 298.257224 |
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