| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
AFG
|
| Continent |
Asia
|
| Country Name |
Afghanistan
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Province
|
Level2 Type
|
District
|
| Number of Units |
329
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
65
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1998
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
13,473
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
16,998
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
21,444
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
13,675
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
19,073
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
21,765
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
634,908
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
44
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
50
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,982,717
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
7,912
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
102,811
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
35
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
316
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
3
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
55
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
1,922
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,095,631
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,020
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
123,409
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
4,319,305
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
0%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
21%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
22%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
8
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
17
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
10
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: UN Afghani Central Statistical Office via the Afghanistan Information Management Service, http://www.aims.org.af/ . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Afghanistan Information Management Service, http://www.aims.org.af/ . |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: Preliminary Results of the First Afghan Population Census, 1979, UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Sixty-three localities. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Population data were extrapolated to target years using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
