Input data set: Future, gridded population (all SSPs)

Direct human forcings.

Annual global population data at 0.5° and 2.5' resolutions for the years 2006-2100 based on the population projections described in Jones & O’Neill (2016)

Linear interpolation of decadal population data

Jones, B., & O’Neill, B. C. (2016). Spatially explicit global population scenarios consistent with the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Environmental Research Letters, 11(8), 084003. http://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/8/084003

Note that the remapped total population does not equal the total from the original resolution due to the simple interpolation algorithm used, but the global total difference is smaller than 0.01% such that it should be good enough for global or even country-scale analysis.

For ISIMIP participants, these files are available for download on the DKRZ server using the path /work/bb0820/ISIMIP/ISIMIP2b/SecondaryInputData/population

They are also available via a rsync facility (described here: https://www.isimip.org/gettingstarted/data-access/#for-external-non-participant-users), for which the password will be provided upon request (isimip-data@pik-potsdam.de).