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Population Density, 2020

Map type: Human Influence

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)