Hybrid gridded demographic data for the world, 1950-2020 0.25 degree resolution

This is a hybrid gridded dataset of demographic data for the world, given as 5-year population bands at a 0.25 degree grid resolution.

This dataset combines the NASA SEDAC Gridded Population of the World version 4 (GPWv4) with the ISIMIP Histsoc gridded population data and the United Nations World Population Program (WPP) demographic modelling data. Demographic fractions are given for the time period covered by the UN WPP model (1950-2050) while demographic totals are given for the time period covered by the combination of GPWv4 and Histsoc (1950-2020). More detailes can be found on the page of the original version (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3768003).

This release increases the resolution to 0.25˚ and is explicitly designed to match with the grid definition of the ERA5 climate reanalysis dataset. For pre-2000 population data, the ISIMIP Histsoc data was upscaled from it's native 0.5˚ resolution.

How to access

It's required to before running the code snippet below.

1import xarray as xr
2
3xr.open_dataset(
4    "https://data.earthdatahub.destine.eu/derived-GPWv4-Histsoc/demographics-hybrid-1950-2020-15-min-v0",
5    storage_options={"client_kwargs":{"trust_env":True}},
6    chunks={},
7    engine="zarr",
8)
9

Variables

Short Name	Units	Description
demographic_totals