| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
BRA
|
| Continent |
South America
|
| Country Name |
Brazil
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
4
|
| Leve1 Type |
Region
|
Level2 Type
|
Estado
|
| Level3 Type |
Municipio
|
| Level4 Type |
Distrito
|
| Number of Units |
9,847
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
17
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2000
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
145,515
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
156,781
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
169,799
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
147,957
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
159,481
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
170,406
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
8,480,395
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
29
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
4,243
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
17,075,936
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,001
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
36,840
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
2,133
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
6,459
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
1
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
88
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
188,477
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
20,405,800
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,009
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
58,056
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
123,833,915
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
2%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
73%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
82%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
1,682
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
449
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
2
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia y EstatĦstica, IBGE.Censo Demogr fico 2000: http://www2.ibge.gov.br/pub/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2000/Dados_do_Universo/Taxa_crescimento_anual_1991_2000/ |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) CD |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: CELADE, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; City Population, www.citypopulation.de;Demographic Census 2000, Brazil, (blank); World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Celade, Getty, Map, NIMA, UNSD, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Urban and suburban zones of administrative centres of municipios and districts. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: (1) Muncipio (administrative level 3) growth rates, calculated between the census years 1991 and 2000, were applied to the the 2000 distrito (administrative level 4) population figures to extrapolate to target years. (2) A 5% rate cap was applied to select units. (3) For the island of Fernando Noronha, the growth rate that was applied is from the UN estimates that were reported in the UN System-Wide Earthwatch Web Site Island Directory: http://islands.unep.ch/IXD.htm#1468 . (4) Recent boundary divisions were accomodated in the following attribution of population: a. In the Municipio of Jata£ba, the population of the distrito Jacu is added to Jundia and population of Passagem do T˘ added to the distrito Jata£ba; b. In the Municipio Godofredo Viana, the population of the distrito Aurizona is added to Luis Dominguez. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
