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Marshall Islands Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 52   Population 2000 (UN '000) 51
Area (km2) 219   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 3
Number of Administrative Units 33   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 2
Number of Urban Extents 2   Number of Settlement Points 2

Marshall Islands Details

Names
ISO3-Code MHL
Continent Oceania
Country Name Marshall Islands
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Atolls
Level2 Type Island
Number of Units 33
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 2
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2004
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 45
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 48
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 52
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 44
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 48
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 51
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 219
Average Input Resolution (km) 3
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 2
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 19,451
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,444
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 14,448
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 2
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 2
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 4
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 11,407
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 4,866
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 8,136
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 16,273
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 2%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 31%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 66%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 2
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Population data for the years 1988, 1999 and 2004 from World Gazatteer: http://www.world-gazetteer.com/fr/fr_mh.htm
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
The entire population of Majuro At-oll and the town of Ebeye Island on Kwajalein Atoll.
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