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Belgium Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 10,243   Population 2000 (UN '000) 10,249
Area (km2) 30,553   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 7
Number of Administrative Units 589   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 17
Number of Urban Extents 46   Number of Settlement Points 574

Belgium Details

Names
ISO3-Code BEL
Continent Europe
Country Name Belgium
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type Arrondisement
Level3 Type Commune
Number of Units 589
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 17
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 9,953
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 10,089
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 10,243
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 9,967
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 10,137
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 10,249
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 30,553
Average Input Resolution (km) 7
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 574
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 970,683
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,007
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 19,266
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 46
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 10,245
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 6
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 270
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 12,422
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 7,395,710
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,219
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 184,935
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 8,507,001
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 41%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 83%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 97%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 48
Regression-estimated Extents 38
Digital Chart of the World 1
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2002 population data downloaded from Statistics Begium, Table: "Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2002" at http://www.statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop2002com.xls . 1995 population is an estimate based on the 1981 and 1991 population data from Institut Nacional de Statistique, Recensement de la Population et des Logements au 1er mars 1991, Tome 1B, Chiffres de la Population, Bruxelles, 1992.
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; StatsBelgium, statbel.fgov.be;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities, urban agglomerations and urban communes.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The 5% growth rate cap applied to the following Communes: Maaseik (in Maaseik, Limburg), Knokke-Heist, and Jabbeke (in Brugge, Wes-Vlanderen) when projecting to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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