| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
BHR
|
| Continent |
Asia
|
| Country Name |
Bahrain
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
1
|
| Leve1 Type |
Municipality
|
| Number of Units |
11
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
0
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
493
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
554
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
627
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
490
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
573
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
640
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
623
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
8
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
7
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
131,733
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
10,734
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
52,822
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
3
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
510
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
6
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
178
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
533
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
503,343
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
8,638
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
199,016
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
597,047
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
85%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
97%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
93%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
3
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "State of Bahrain Central Statistics Organization, Basic Results?Population, Housing, Buildings & Establishments Census, 2001 population by region, http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/census/popu_e.html .State of Bahrain Central Statistics Organization, Bahrain in Figures 1996, Census Population by Region 1991, http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/english/RunIndex.asp?count=21 ." |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: ESRI Level 1, Digital Chart of the World (DCW), NASA JPL global MODIS mosaic http://wmt.jpl.nasa.gov/. |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Communes or villages with 2,500 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: -- |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: ESRI Level 1 boundary data was clipped to Digital Chart of the World to improve the coastline. Missing unit Al Hadd was added by digitizing infilled areas from a section of the global MODIS mosaic from 2000. |
