Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE), v2 (1990, 2000)

The Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) data set contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity zone, elevation zone, and population density zone, a compendium of nearly 300 variables for 228 countries. This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).