Caption

Global Population Density 1994

Summary

This global population density map for 1994 classifies areas into six classes based on population density. The open-ended class is defined as an area with population density greater than 500 persons per square kilometer.

Data does not extend beyond 68 degrees N latitude. Country boundaries are not authoritative.

This map is one of several global population density maps in the collection:

• Map showing density of population in various regions of the world, 1901.jpg
• Population density map 1994.djvu

See also:

• Gridded Population of the World, 2000 (Earth Institute at Columbia University)

Sources

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Soil Survey Division, World Soil Resources.

The high-resolution DjVu file was derived from the BMP file [1] at [2]:

• Source: Tobler, W., V. Deichmann, J. Gottsegen, and K. Maloy. 1995. The global demography project. Technical Report TR-95-6. National Center for Geographic Information analysis. Univ. Santa Barbara, CA. 75 pp.
• Data Aggregation and Reliability: The Population Density map data is rasterized on a 2 minute grid cell.
• Database Manager: Paul Reich, Geographer, World Soil Resources. Email: paul.reich@usda.gov

Map Production Information

• Map Identification: popden.jpg
• Production Date: 2000
• Geographic Coverage: Global
• Projection: Geographic
• Minimum Scale: 1:5,000,000