Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v4
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Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2016. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NP22DQ. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR.
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Note: The data below have been superseded by Population Density, v4.11 (2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020). We strongly encourage users to access the revised data at https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW. For more information on the revisions please see What's New in Revision 11.
Note: For regional to global analyses, users may wish to download the UN WPP-adjusted version of this data set. Further explanations as to the differences between the non-adjusted and UN WPP-adjusted versions of GPWv4 are found on the What is UN WPP-Adjusted data? web page.
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density are available as global grids in GeoTIFF at 30" and in GeoTIFF and ASCII at 2.5', 0.25o, 0.5o, and 1o formats. Each downloadable is a compressed zip file, which contains: 1) the global GeoTIFF or ASCII for the year of estimate, 2) PDF documentation, 3) a Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx) with country-level information and sources, and 4) a text file (.txt) with a log of changes to the dataset by version.