%0 Dataset %T Spatial distribution data of population density in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/7131cd5e-3aa6-4e8d-b6d0-dab80ac7fdc3 %W NCDC %A Shang Shouwei %K Population density;spatial distribution;the lower reaches of the Yangtze River %X This study is based on the continuous spatial data of population density in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and analyzes the spatial evolution characteristics, which lays a foundation for analyzing the changes of disaster bearing bodies in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.