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Senegal Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 9,946   Population 2000 (UN '000) 9,421
Area (km2) 196,151   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 46
Number of Administrative Units 93   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 107
Number of Urban Extents 38   Number of Settlement Points 37

Senegal Details

Names
ISO3-Code SEN
Continent Africa
Country Name Senegal
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type Commune
Number of Units 93
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 107
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1985
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 7,487
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 8,762
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 9,946
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 7,327
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 8,298
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 9,421
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 196,151
Average Input Resolution (km) 46
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 37
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,089,694
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 12,312
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 117,520
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 38
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 297
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 48
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,831
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,660,876
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,699
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 121,516
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 4,617,627
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 45%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 48%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 32
Regression-estimated Extents 14
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
The 1990 population figures are based on the OECD/Club du Sahel West Africa Long Term Perspective Study (WALTPS), and were estimated by Benoit Ninnin, using these sources: 1. Etude d''une Image?Long Terme de l''Afrique. 2. Direction de la Provision et de la Statistique: les principaux resultats provisoires du recensement de la Population et de l''Habitat du Senegal 1985: Dakar, 1989. 3. CERPOD: Migration et urbanisation au Senegal, Ba A. et I. Sarr: Rapport de recherche. 4. Lopez-Escartin N.: Donnees de base sur la population, Senegal: CEPED, No. 7, Paris, Aout 1991. 5. Direction de la provision et de la statistique: Repertoire des villages, dix volumes, Transfert editions.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Produced by USGS/EDC USAID/FEWS for the UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; City Population, http://www.citypopulation.de;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, Columbia Gazetteer, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Agglomerations of 10,000 inhabi-tants or more.
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