Population - NASA

Parameter

Population - NASA

Represented range

People per square km:

5 – 1,000

Description

The Gridded Population of World Version 4.11 (GPWv4) models the distribution of global human population for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 on 30 arc-second (approximately 1km) grid cells. Population is distributed to cells using proportional allocation of population from census and administrative units. Population input data are collected at the most detailed spatial resolution available from the results of the 2010 round of censuses, which occurred between 2005 and 2014. The input data are extrapolated to produce population estimates for each modeled year.

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) in NASA

Source data

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) in NASA

Gridded Population of World Version 4.11 (GPWv4)

Description

The Gridded Population of the World (GPW) collection, now in its fourth version (GPWv4), models the distribution of human population (counts and densities) on a continuous global raster surface. Since the release of the first version of this global population surface in 1995, the essential inputs to GPW have been population census tables and corresponding geographic boundaries. The purpose of GPW is to provide a spatially disaggregated population layer that is compatible with data sets from social, economic, and Earth science disciplines, and remote sensing. It provides globally consistent and spatially explicit data for use in research, policy-making, and communications.

Spatial resolution

Global coverage

1,000 m spatial resolution

Temporal resolution

Reference epochs:

2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020