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Albania Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 3,086   Population 2000 (UN '000) 3,134
Area (km2) 28,346   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 33
Number of Administrative Units 26   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 119
Number of Urban Extents 39   Number of Settlement Points 47

Albania Details

Names
ISO3-Code ALB
Continent Europe
Country Name Albania
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type District
Number of Units 26
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 119
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 3,314
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 3,144
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 3,086
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 3,289
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 3,185
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 3,134
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 28,346
Average Input Resolution (km) 33
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 47
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 342,761
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,190
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 29,015
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 39
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 285
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 43
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,688
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 357,498
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,871
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 33,633
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,311,676
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 43%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 43%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 23
Regression-estimated Extents 22
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2001 Population data: Albania, Institute of Statistics, http://www.instat.gov.al/repoba/english/default_english.htm . Preliminary Results of the General Census of Population and Housing, 1 April 2001 (table 5). 1990 Population data: Statistisches Bundesamt (1993), Laenderbericht Albanien, J.B. Metzler & C.E. Poeschel Verlag, Wiesbaden. 1995 data were based on these and national level growth rates derived from United Nations Population Division figures.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Boundaries from Eurostat (distributed by UNEP GRID Geneva)
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
2001 Preliminary Albania Population Census, INSTAT, http://pages.albaniaonline.net/repoba/zyra_shtypit/prel_e; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Towns and other industrial centres with more than 400 inhabitants.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Since 1991, Albania has disaggregated some of its districts (administrative level 1). Such changes resulted in 36 districts, compared to the previous 26 districts. Recent boundary divisions were accomodated in the following attribution of population: - The population of the new district of Has is absorbed into Kukes; - Kurbin into Lezhe; - Kavaje into Tirana; - Bulqize into Mat; - Peqin into Elbasan; - Mallakaster into Fier; - Kucove into Berat; - Delvine into Sarande; - Korce and Devoll comprise Koritza; - Shkoder and Malsi E Madhe comprise Skutari.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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