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Comoros Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 560   Population 2000 (UN '000) 706
Area (km2) 2,046   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 23
Number of Administrative Units 4   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 140
Number of Urban Extents 12   Number of Settlement Points 93

Comoros Details

Names
ISO3-Code COM
Continent Africa
Country Name Comoros
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Ile
Number of Units 4
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 140
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 436
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 494
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 560
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 527
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 609
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 706
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 2,046
Average Input Resolution (km) 23
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 93
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 37,327
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,573
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,535
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 12
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 70
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 18
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 215
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 74,205
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,675
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 17,264
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 207,168
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 13%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 38%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 34%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 4
Regression-estimated Extents 31
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Comoros 1996 population estimates are from Geohive http://www.geohive.com/ . Geohive cites the original source as: "L''Evaluation de l''education pour tous a l''an 2000: Rapport des pays, Forum mondial sur l''education, Unesco." Mayotte is included in Comoros. Mayotte 1997 (rather than 1996) and 1991 census data are also from Geohive. Geohive cites the original source as: Le SPLAF http://splaf.free.fr/976des.html .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; General Census for Comores, September 1980, Census Bureau;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, Columbia Gazetteer, NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Administrative centres of prefectures and localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1991 and 1996 (1997 for Mayotte) to extrapolate the population data to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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