Note: The data and information on this page refers to Gridded Population of the World Version 1 (GPW v1) released in 1995. Please go to http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/ to access the most recent version of GPW.
This grid will guide you to the directory that contains the data you want. Sample coverage maps are available for the global data set as well as the subsets. Please be sure to get the description (*.dsc) and the projection (*.prj) files, and any README files, as well as the data (*.zip) files.| | ArcInfo Grid | ArcInfo Grid | ArcInfo Polygon| FTP Access | ASCII | Decimal Degrees | Decimal Minutes | Decimal Minutes | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |countraw | countraw | countraw | countraw | Global |countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | |densraw | densraw | densraw | densraw | |denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |countraw | countraw | countraw | countraw | Africa and |countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | Europe |densraw | densraw | densraw | densraw | |denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |countraw | countraw | countraw | countraw | Asia |countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | |densraw | densraw | densraw | densraw | |denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |countraw | countraw | countraw | countraw | Australia, |countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | New Zealand, |densraw | densraw | densraw | densraw | and Oceania |denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latin |countraw | countraw | countraw | countraw | America and |countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | the |densraw | densraw | densraw | densraw | Caribbean |denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |countraw | countraw | countraw | countraw | North and |countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | countsmoo | Central |densraw | densraw | densraw | densraw | America |denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | denssmoo | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------