Dataset | Provider(website) | Spatial resolution | Input population data source | Interpolation method | Ancillary data | Year(s) |
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GPWv3.0 | 2.5’(~5 km2) | UNPD census data | Areal weighting 1 | -None | 1990,1995, 2000,2005 (projection),2010 (projection), 2015 (projection) | |
GRUMPv1 | .5’(~1 km2) | UNPD census data | Dasymetric mapping 2 | -Night-time light imagery-Populated places | 2000 | |
LandScanTM | .5’(~1 km2) | Population Division of the U.S. Census Bureau | Smart interpolation 3 | -Land cover-Road networks-Digital elevation models-Slope-Satellite imagery | 2008 |