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    Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    The Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates consists of estimates of human population for the years 2005, 2010, and 2015 by 2.5 arc-minute grid cells and associated data sets dated circa 2000. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing more than 300,000 national and sub-national administrative Units, is used to assign population values to grid cells. The population counts that the grids are derived from are extrapolated based on a combination of subnational growth rates from census dates and national growth rates from United Nations statistics. All of the grids have been adjusted to match United Nations national level population estimates. The population count grids contain estimates of the number of persons per grid cell. The grids are available in various GIS-compatible data formats and geographic extents (global, continent [Antarctica not included], and country levels). GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P26W1B
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Q23X5Q
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H49W0CDN
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TT4NWQ

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1000000023-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2005-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category GPW, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H42B8VZZ
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -179.2 -54.75 179.85 79.89
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XK8CG2, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P26W1B, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4Q23X5Q, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K935FC, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FJ2DQN, https://doi.org/10.7927/H49W0CDN, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4639MPP, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ST7MRB, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TT4NWQ
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    Temporal 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z/2015-07-01T00:00:00Z

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