To preserve access to the original set of socioeconomic and natural resource scenarios used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.

To provide high-resolution population and urban classification data for India for 2011.

To provide a time series of raster population data for ntegration with other data sets.

To provide populated place (point) data with consistent population estimates.

To provide a raster representation of urban areas (or urban mask) for use with GRUMP population grids or other data sets.

To provide land area data for use with GRUMPv1 population and urban data as well as a quantitative measure of resolution of the input spatial units for GRUMPv1.

To provide a time series of raster population density data for data integration.

To permit cartographic display of countries and territories that exactly match the GRUMPv1 population surfaces

To provide populated place (point) data with consistent population estimates.

To permit cartographic display of coastlines that exactly match the GRUMPv1 population surfaces.

To permit the summation of population values by country/territory and, in combination with other data layers, the summation of population values by irregular areas represented in the other data layers and country/territory.

To provide a polygon representation of urban areas with city or agglomeration name and time series population estimates.

To provide estimates of population density for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020, based on counts consistent with national censuses and population registers with respect to relative spatial distribution, but adjusted to match United Nations country totals.

To provide estimates of population counts by age and sex for the year 2010, consistent with national censuses and population registers, as raster data to facilitate data integration.

To provide a vector (point) version of the input administrative units used in GPWv4 with population estimates, densities, 2010 basic demographic characteristics, and administrative name, area, and data context for use in data integration.

To provide estimates of population count for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020, consistent with national censuses and population registers with respect to relative spatial distribution, but adjusted to match United Nations country totals.

To provide a time series of raster data on population to facilitate data integration.

To provide a time series of raster data on population density to facilitate data integration.

To provide a global data set of point locations and attributes describing nuclear power plants and reactors.

To provide estimates of total, urban and rural populations and land areas in proximity to nuclear power plants.