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    • Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population (number of persons per pixel), consistent with national censuses and population registers, for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative Units, was used to assign population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. 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 data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X63JVC
    https://doi.org/10.1080/23754931.2015.1014272
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PG1PPM
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BC3WMT
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H42Z13KG
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Z60M4Z
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TD9VDP
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H45Q4T5F
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H46M34XX
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PN93PB
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F47M65

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1597158029-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2018-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-12-31
    Category GPW, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2018-12-31. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11. Version 4.11. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BX5. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BX5.
    Creator Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
    Graphic Preview Description Maps Download Page
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v4-population-count-rev11/maps
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JW8BX5
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X63JVC, https://doi.org/10.1080/23754931.2015.1014272, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PG1PPM, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BC3WMT, https://doi.org/10.7927/H42Z13KG, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Z60M4Z, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TD9VDP, https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW, https://doi.org/10.7927/H45Q4T5F, https://doi.org/10.7927/H46M34XX, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4PN93PB, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F47M65
    Release Place Palisades, NY
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0cd4940e3163271e3069f91ebd07125e5efabd11c529fbbf090efa00483a5441
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z/2020-07-01T00:00:00Z

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