| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
DNK
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Denmark
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
County
|
Level2 Type
|
Kommune
|
| Number of Units |
276
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
19
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2002
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
5,151
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
5,239
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
5,331
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
5,140
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
5,228
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
5,320
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
42,484
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
12
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
429
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,075,851
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,001
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
9,381
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
87
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,479
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
7
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
110
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
9,589
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,424,995
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,023
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
45,790
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
3,983,690
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
23%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
75%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
85%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
83
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
4
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: 2002 population data from Denmark Statistical Yearbook 2002 (PDF), Table 44. Population in municipalites and counties 2002, downloaded from Denmark Statistics, http://www.dst.dk/HomeUK/Statistics/Publications/Yearbook/2002.aspx? ; 1997 population data from Statistik uden Graenser, Nordisk statistik pa cd-rom 1997 - Nordic Statistics on DC-Rom 1997 Published by the Statistics Offices of Iceland, Danmark, Sweden, Greenland, Faroe, Finland and Norway. |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: Statistical Yearbook of Denmark 2000, http://www.dst.dk/ |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Population excluding population in rural districts. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: A population growth rate was calculated between 1997 and 2002 to extrapolate to target years. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
