%0 Dataset %T Dataset on spatial distribution of population density in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (2000-2020) %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 %R 10.12072/ncdc.nhri.db6768.2025 %A Shang Shouwei %K Population density;spatial distribution;and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River region %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 the foundation for analyzing the change of disaster-bearing bodies in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.