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Switzerland Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 7,218   Population 2000 (UN '000) 7,170
Area (km2) 38,975   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 4
Number of Administrative Units 2,912   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 2
Number of Urban Extents 62   Number of Settlement Points 341

Switzerland Details

Names
ISO3-Code CHE
Continent Europe
Country Name Switzerland
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Canton
Level2 Type District
Level3 Type Commune
Number of Units 2,912
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 2
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 7,046
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 7,050
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 7,218
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 6,834
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 7,118
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 7,170
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 38,975
Average Input Resolution (km) 4
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 341
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 363,273
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,300
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 13,261
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 62
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,943
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 9
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 128
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 7,933
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,647,521
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,091
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 83,522
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,178,367
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 21%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 72%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 67%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 65
Regression-estimated Extents 19
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Permanent Resident Population 1997 and 2001 from Swiss Federal Statistics Office, www.statistik.admin.ch .
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:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more, including suburbs.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1991 and 2001 to extrapolate to target years. Recent boundary divisions were accomodated and populations from old divisions were systematically attributed to the new divisions. Please contact us for more information on this process at: gpw@ciesin.columbia.edu.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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