| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
COD
|
| Continent |
Africa
|
| Country Name |
Congo, Democratic Republic
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3
|
| Leve1 Type |
Region
|
Level2 Type
|
Sous-Region
|
| Level3 Type |
Ville
|
| Number of Units |
150
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
347
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1984
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
37,841
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
45,854
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
52,108
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
36,999
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
44,834
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
50,948
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
2,313,414
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
124
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
182
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
4,593,037
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,987
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
85,777
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
148
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
575
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
2
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
46
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
6,861
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
4,892,491
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,102
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
101,630
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
15,041,243
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
0%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
29%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
31%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
18
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
117
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
13
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Republique du Zaire (1984), Combien Sommes- Nous, Resultats Provisoires, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa and Republique du Zaire (undated), Zaire Recensement Scientifique de la Population 1984, Totaux Definitifs, Institut National de la Statistique, Kinshasa [ contains pop figures down to cite/col level ] |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: GIS database produced by the Universitý Louvain, Belgium and obtained from the Department of Geography, University of Maryland. |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: AFCities, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Places with 2,000 inhabitants or more where the predominant economic activity is non-agricultural; and places with fewer inhabitants which are considered urban because of their type of economic activity (predominantly non-agricultural). |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Population data were extrapolated to the target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
