Population Density Population Density / Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 ( 1km resolution ) / China 1000m. Population Density

The spatial distribution of population density in 2020, China

Estimated population density per grid-cell. The dataset is available to download in Geotiff and ASCII XYZ format at a resolution of 30 arc (approximately 1km at the equator). The projection is Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84. The units are number of people per square kilometer. The mapping approach is Random Forest-based dasymetric redistribution.


Region : China
DOI : 10.5258/SOTON/WP00674
Date of production : 2020-06-22
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WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00674


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