Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v4

Data Collection Documentation:

• GPWv4 Revision 11 documentation (PDF)
• Country-level Information and Sources Revision 11 (Microsoft Excel .xlsx file)
• Log of changes to the data set by version

Additional Documentation:

• Detailed descriptions of the methods and improvements made in the GPWv4 data collection are described in the following paper by Doxsey-Whitfield et al. (2015): Taking Advantage of the Improved Availability of Census Data: A First Look at the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4)
• NASA EarthData Webinar: Discover NASA’s Updated Gridded Population of the World Data, January 2015 (1 hour long)