| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
BGD
|
| Continent |
Asia
|
| Country Name |
Bangladesh
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3
|
| Leve1 Type |
Division
|
Level2 Type
|
Zila
|
| Level3 Type |
Thana
|
| Number of Units |
486
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
251
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
104,013
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
112,476
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
121,798
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
110,025
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
123,612
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
137,439
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
136,305
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
17
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
157
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
5,418,584
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
9,473
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
116,303
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
130
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,282
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
6
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
78
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
10,185
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
9,804,932
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
8,458
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
236,065
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
30,688,443
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
7%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
25%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
26%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
86
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
44
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "2001 census, Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report, http://www.bbsgov.org/ .Bangladesh Central Statistical Office, Census of 1991, digital data obtained from the UNSD/POPMAP Project.." |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: "UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Asia Population Database: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .The original database was produced by the National Statistical Office of Bangladesh in collaboration with the UNSD/POPMAP Project. " |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: Bangladesh Population Census 1991, Vol. 3: Urban Area Report, www.bbsgov.org/; Bangladesh Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report, Census Bureau; City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: ASCities, Getty, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, UNSD, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Places having a municipality (Pourashava), a town committee (Shahar commit?tee) or a cantonment board. In general, urban areas are a concentration of at least 5,000 persons in con?tinuous collection of houses where the community sense is well developed and the community main?tains public utilities, such as, roads, street lighting, water supply, sanitary arrangements etc. These places are generally centres of trade and com?merce where the labour force is mostly non?agricultural and literacy levels are high. An area that has urban characteristics but has fewer than 5,000 inhabitants may, in special cases, be consid?ered urban. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: "The 2001 Census data assigned four Zila units (Hobiganh, Moulavibazar, Sylhet, and Sunamganj) to the new Sylhet Division. These units split from the Chittagong Divison.Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using Zila (administrative level 2) inter-censal growth rates applied to the 1991 Thana (administrative level 3) population data." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: The original data were compiled in POPMAP which at that time did not support true geo-referencing. Source map scale and projection were unknown. The data were first transformed into Transverse Mercator Projection (which resulted in the lowest error among several possible projections evaluated) and then projected into lat/long (ie, geographic) coordinates. Rubbersheeting was then performed on the resulting coverage to improve the match with the country and coastal outline from the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Thus, the coverage is suitable for regional and continental scale applications as well as for visualization of spatial pattern using census data. It should not be used for high resolution applications at the sub-national level. |
