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Greece Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 10,843   Population 2000 (UN '000) 10,610
Area (km2) 131,891   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 11
Number of Administrative Units 1,034   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 10
Number of Urban Extents 121   Number of Settlement Points 1,103

Greece Details

Names
ISO3-Code GRC
Continent Europe
Country Name Greece
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type Prefecture
Level3 Type Municipality/Commune
Number of Units 1,034
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 10
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 10,067
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 10,427
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 10,843
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 10,160
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 10,454
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 10,610
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 131,891
Average Input Resolution (km) 11
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 1,103
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 748,128
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,000
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 7,904
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 121
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 2,875
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 7
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 153
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 18,512
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,973,925
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,198
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 68,147
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 8,245,788
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 14%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 75%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 60%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 229
Regression-estimated Extents 112
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
National Statistical Service of Greece, http://www.statistics.gr; 2001 census tables for Eurostat
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:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Municipalities and communes in which the largest population centre has 10,000 in-habitants or more, plus 18 urban agglomerations as defined in the 1991 census: Greater Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra, Iraklion, Volos, Chania, Irannina, Chalkida, Agrino, Kalamata, Katerini, Kerkyra, Salamina, Chios, Egio, Rethymno, Ermoupolis and Sparti.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Regional level population growth rates were calculated between 1991 and 2001 applied to 2001 Commune population. The 2001 Region (administrative level 1) units do not match or nest to 1991 Regional boundaries. Thus the 2001 Commune (administrative level 3) data are aggregated to spatially match 1991 regional boundaries in order to calculate the region growth rates.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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