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Zimbabwe Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 11,365   Population 2000 (UN '000) 12,627
Area (km2) 389,055   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 82
Number of Administrative Units 58   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 196
Number of Urban Extents 25   Number of Settlement Points 27

Zimbabwe Details

Names
ISO3-Code ZWE
Continent Africa
Country Name Zimbabwe
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 58
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 196
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 10,187
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 10,742
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 11,365
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 10,241
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 11,475
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 12,627
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 389,055
Average Input Resolution (km) 82
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 27
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,522,318
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,342
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 139,187
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 25
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,407
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 8
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 197
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 4,933
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,276,642
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,294
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 160,967
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 4,024,168
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 32%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 36%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 39
Regression-estimated Extents 1
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Census 2002, Preliminary Results Summary, Central Statistical Office, Census 1992, Preliminary Report, Central Statistical Office: http://www.zimrelief.info/index.php?sectid=12&articleid=756 .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Census 1992: Zimbabwe National Report, Census 1992: Zimbabwe National Report; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Nineteen main towns.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
(1) Due to boundary changes between the two census years, the following population aggregations were made: Chinoye was aggregated with Makonde in the 2002 population data to match both our boundaries and 1992 population data (which show them as one unit called Makonde); Gokwe North and South were aggregated;Bulima was aggregated with Mangwe. (2) A population growth rate was calculated between 1992 and 2002 to extrapolate the population data to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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