| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
AUT
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Austria
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
State
|
Level2 Type
|
Lander
|
| Number of Units |
99
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
81
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
7,773
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
7,888
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
8,008
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
7,729
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
8,047
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
8,080
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
83,145
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
29
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
289
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,549,092
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
0
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
16,418
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
93
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,582
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
11
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
119
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
11,038
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,044,261
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,026
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
56,565
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,260,587
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
13%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
66%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
67%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
82
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
11
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "Statistical Yearbook of Austria 2003, Table 2.05. Statistik Austria, http://www.statistik.at/jahrbuch/pdfe/k02.pdf andhttp://www.statistik.at/fachbereich_03/bevoelkerung_tab1.shtml ." |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by MEGRIN: http://www.megrin.org/megrin.html; MEGRIN is now Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE v1995.2 date of release: 31 Mar 1998). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: Austria Census 2001, Statistik Austria, http://wwwold.statistik.gv.at/cgi-bin/db2www/blick; City Population, www.citypopulation.de;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Getty, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Communes (Gemeinden) with 2,000 inhabitants or more in which less than 15 per cent of the active population is engaged in agricultural or forestry work. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: The population of two districts in Burgenland have been assigned as follows: Breitenbrunn has been assigned to Eisenstadt-Umgebung and Oberpullendorf has been assigned to Oberwart |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
