| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
COM
|
| Continent |
Africa
|
| Country Name |
Comoros
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
1
|
| Leve1 Type |
Ile
|
| Number of Units |
4
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
140
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1996
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
436
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
494
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
560
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
527
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
609
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
706
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
2,046
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
23
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
93
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
36,753
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,004
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
3,570
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
5
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
70
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
4
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
20
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
101
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
83,187
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,674
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
25,519
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
127,596
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
5%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
23%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
34%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
2
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
3
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "Comoros 1996 population estimates are from Geohive http://www.geohive.com/ . Geohive cites the original source as: ""L'ývaluation de l'ýducation pour tous ý l'an 2000: Rapport des pays, Forum mondial sur l'ýducation, Unesco.""Mayotte is included in Comoros. Mayotte 1997 (rather than 1996) and 1991 census data are also from Geohive. Geohive cites the original source as: Le SPLAF http://splaf.free.fr/976des.html ." |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov . |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; General Census for Comores, September 1980, Census Bureau;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: AFCities, Columbia Gazetteer, NIMA |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Administrative centres of prefectures and localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: A population growth rate was calculated between 1991 and 1996 (1997 for Mayotte) to extrapolate the population data to target years. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
