| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
VNM
|
| Continent |
Asia
|
| Country Name |
Viet Nam
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
4
|
| Leve1 Type |
Region
|
Level2 Type
|
Province
|
| Level3 Type |
District
|
| Level4 Type |
Commune
|
| Number of Units |
10,476
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
7
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1999
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
65,453
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
72,156
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
77,402
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
66,074
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
72,841
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
78,137
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
328,535
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
6
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
55
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
3,881,090
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
27,310
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
187,604
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
52
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,286
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
1
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
115
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
5,959
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,834,918
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,388
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
334,735
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
17,406,228
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
2%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
23%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
25%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
51
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
1
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "Completed Census Results of The Population and Housing Census. [1.4.1999].Whole Country. General Statistics Office - Vietnam, Central Data ProcessingCentre. Version 1.0, August 2001. The Population and Labour StatisticsDepartment of GSO" |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: "Poverty and inequality in Vietnam : spatial patterns and geographic determinantsMinot, Nicholas; Baulch, Bob; Epprecht, Michael. 2003. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C. " |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Viet Nam Population Census 1989, Columbia University Libraries?;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Places with 4,000 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Extrapolated to target years based on base year (1999) and UN rates. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
