Population Distribution and Change
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Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, v4.11 (2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020)Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v4 |
Basic Demographic Characteristics, v4.11 (2010)Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v4 |
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World Resources Report: Decision Making in a Changing ClimateWorld Resources Institute The widely distributed 2010-2011 World Resources Report: Decision Making in a Changing Climate includes coastal population estimates from SEDAC′s Population Landscape and Climate Estimates (PLACE) data collection. The data includes both the percentage of and a country′s actual population living within 10 kilometers of a coastline, and is based on SEDAC′s Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) population data set. |
Water Balance of Global Aquifers Revealed by Groundwater FootprintNature Researchers interested in the sustainability of groundwater depletion used SEDAC’s Gridded Population of the World (GPW v3) population count data for 2000 to find that approximately 1.7 billion people inhabit areas impacted by groundwater stress. More than half the people affected live in China and India. |