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Papua New Guinea Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 4,826   Population 2000 (UN '000) 4,809
Area (km2) 464,043   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 152
Number of Administrative Units 20   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 241
Number of Urban Extents 23   Number of Settlement Points 33

Papua New Guinea Details

Names
ISO3-Code PNG
Continent Oceania
Country Name Papua New Guinea
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Province
Number of Units 20
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 241
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1990
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 3,775
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 4,304
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 4,826
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 3,762
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 4,279
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 4,809
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 464,043
Average Input Resolution (km) 152
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 33
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 254,158
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,163
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 20,062
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 23
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 749
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 8
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 87
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,012
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 307,682
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,388
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 30,347
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 697,971
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 13%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 18%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 22
Regression-estimated Extents 11
Digital Chart of the World 1
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
The PopMap map database included population figures for 1990. 1980 pop figures were available from official census publications 1980 National Population Census. Final Figures: Provincial Summary National Statistical Office P.O. Wards Strip Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea December 1985
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UN Statistics Division''s Software Development Project, http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/softproj/index.htm .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Centres with 500 inhabitants or more, excluding separately located schools, hospi-tals, missions, plantations, rural settlements and rural villages regardless of population size.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
1995 calculated using average annual population growth rates between 1980?1990. The United Nations 1990?2000 population growth rate was used for extrapolating to other target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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