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This map shows the population density of North America for the year 2020 in number of people per square kilometer within 2.5 arc-minute pixels. The dataset is derived from the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4), produced by Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University in 2018.
The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on counts consistent with national censuses and population registers. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, was used to assign population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. The population density rasters were created by dividing the population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. The data files were produced as global rasters at 30 arc-second (~1 km at the equator) resolution. To enable faster global processing, and in support of research communities, the 30 arc-second count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1-degree resolutions to produce density rasters at these resolutions.
Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Available at https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW. (October 2022)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). 2022. “North American Environmental Atlas - Population Density, 2020”. Ed. 2.0, Raster digital data [2.5 arc-minute]. Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - Columbia University. 2017. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 (Version 4.11). Palisades, NY: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW
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| West | -180 | East | -50 |
| North | 85 | South | 14 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:150,000,000 |
This map shows the population density of North America for the year 2020 in number of people per square kilometer within 2.5 arc-minute pixels. The dataset is derived from the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4), produced by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) from Columbia University in 2018. Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) – Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Available at https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW. (consulted in October 2022)
Este mapa muestra la densidad de población de América del Norte en el año 2020, en número de habitantes por kilómetro cuadrado (en una representación en la que cada pixel corresponde a 2.5 minutos de arco). La información con la que se integró este mapa se derivó de la colección de datos Gridded Population of the World, versión 4 (GPWv4), generada por el Centro para la Red Internacional de Información sobre Ciencias de la Tierra (Center for International Earth Science Information Network, CIESIN), de la Universidad de Columbia, en 2018. Fuente: CIESIN (2018), Gridded Population of the World, versión 4 (GPWv4), capas ráster de densidad de población, revisión 11 (Population Density, v4.11), NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) y Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Universidad de Columbia, Palisades, Nueva York; disponible en línea, en: https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW (consulta realizada en octubre de 2022).
Cette carte représente la densité de population de l’Amérique du Nord en 2020, en nombre d’habitants par kilomètre carré par des pixels de 2,5 minutes d’arc. Les données de cette carte ont été dérivées de la Gridded Population of the World, version 4 (GPWv4), produite par le Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) de l’Université Columbia en 2018. Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) – Université Columbia. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Disponible en ligne : https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW (consulté en octobre 2022).
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization created by Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), which came into force at the same time as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The CEC was established to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the effective enforcement of environmental law. As of 2020, the CEC operates in accordance with the Environmental Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force at the same time as the CUSMA/T-MEC/USMCA trade agreement. The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on counts consistent with national censuses and population registers, for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, was used to assign population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. The population density rasters were created by dividing the population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. The data files were produced as global rasters at 30 arc-second (~1 km at the equator) resolution. To enable faster global processing, and in support of research communities, the 30 arc-second count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions to produce density rasters at these resolutions. This map shows the population density of North America for the year 2020 in number of people per square kilometer within 2.5 arc-minute pixels. This data set is available in several formats, including TIF, Map package, and a PDF Map, along with other files appropriate to particular format, such as .lyrx and .qlr files.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). 2022. “North American Environmental Atlas - Population Density, 2020”. Ed. 2.0, Raster digital data [2.5 arc-minute]. Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - Columbia University. 2017. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 (Version 4.11). Palisades, NY: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW
North America
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This material is licensed under CC BY 4.0, allowing non-exclusive rights to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, so long as attribution is given to the creator.
The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on counts consistent with national censuses and population registers. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, was used to assign population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. The population density rasters were created by dividing the population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. The data files were produced as global rasters at 30 arc-second (~1 km at the equator) resolution. To enable faster global processing, and in support of research communities, the 30 arc-second count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1-degree resolutions to produce density rasters at these resolutions. Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Available at https://doi.org/10.7927/H49C6VHW. (October 2022).
The global population density map was cropped to the North American region using the NA_Bdy2021 map layer. The resulting North American population density map was reprojected from WGS84 reference system to the North American Atlas standard Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area projection, transforming the original resolution from 2.5 arc-minute to 4347 meters.
The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on counts consistent with national censuses and population registers, for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing approximately 13.5 million national and sub-national administrative units, was used to assign population counts to 30 arc-second grid cells. The population density rasters were created by dividing the population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. The data files were produced as global rasters at 30 arc-second (~1 km at the equator) resolution. To enable faster global processing, and in support of research communities, the 30 arc-second count data were aggregated to 2.5 arc-minute, 15 arc-minute, 30 arc-minute and 1 degree resolutions to produce density rasters at these resolutions.
2.5 [arc-minute] spatial resolution
This North American Atlas base layer shows political entities in North America as polygons representing jurisdictional areas, and as lines representing political boundaries including international boundaries, Provincial boundaries and State or territory boundaries. This is a revised version of the 2010 data set released by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. This new version integrates political boundaries spatial vector information published by each country in 2021. The data set includes 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada; 32 states in Mexico; 48 states and the District of Columbia in the conterminous United Sates, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean region.
None. Acknowledgement of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation and (or) the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - Columbia University would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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