| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
BEL
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Belgium
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3
|
| Leve1 Type |
Province
|
Level2 Type
|
Arrondisement
|
| Level3 Type |
Commune
|
| Number of Units |
589
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
17
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2002
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
9,953
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
10,089
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
10,243
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
9,967
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
10,137
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
10,249
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
30,553
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
7
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
574
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
452,301
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,018
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
17,822
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
74
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
9,939
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
2
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
169
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
12,519
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
7,746,576
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,309
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
126,579
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
9,366,866
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
41%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
92%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
97%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
46
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
27
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
1
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "2002 population data downloaded from Statistics Begium, Table: ""Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2002"" at http://www.statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop2002com.xls . 1995 population is an estimate based on the 1981 and 1991 population data from Institut Nacional de Statistique, Recensement de la Population et des Logements au 1er mars 1991, Tome 1B, Chiffres de la Population, Bruxelles, 1992." |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; StatsBelgium, statbel.fgov.be;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Cities, urban agglomerations and urban communes. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: The 5% growth rate cap applied to the following Communes: Maaseik (in Maaseik, Limburg), Knokke-Heist, and Jabbeke (in Brugge, Wes-Vlanderen) when projecting to target years. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
