| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
BLR
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Belarus
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Oblast
|
Level2 Type
|
Rayon
|
| Number of Units |
119
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
84
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1999
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
10,181
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
10,097
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
10,034
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
10,260
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
10,329
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
10,187
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
207,013
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
42
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
35
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,688,584
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
23,276
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
162,806
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
33
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,265
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
50
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
239
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
7,892
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,776,983
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
23,269
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
195,362
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
6,446,946
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
4%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
64%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
70%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
33
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: (1) 1999 Belarussian Census; (2) The 1989 Rayon level data is from ACASIAN; the 1999 population data is from the national statistical office |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Statistical Yearbook of Belarus 2000, UN Statistical Library, hard copy |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: The 1999 population do not have separate population for the cities (ad. Gors), thus to match the 1989 data with the 1999 data, the population of the ad gors are merged with the parent rayons. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
