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Bahrain Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 627   Population 2000 (UN '000) 640
Area (km2) 623   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 8
Number of Administrative Units 11   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 0
Number of Urban Extents 3   Number of Settlement Points 7

Bahrain Details

Names
ISO3-Code BHR
Continent Asia
Country Name Bahrain
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Municipality
Number of Units 11
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 0
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 493
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 554
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 627
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 490
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 573
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 640
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 623
Average Input Resolution (km) 8
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 7
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 133,523
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 10,840
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 53,575
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 3
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 519
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 18
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 188
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 563
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 521,858
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,990
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 206,722
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 620,165
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 88%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 92%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 93%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 4
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
State of Bahrain Central Statistics Organization, Basic Results?Population, Housing, Buildings & Establishments Census, 2001 population by region, http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/census/popu_e.html . State of Bahrain Central Statistics Organization, Bahrain in Figures 1996, Census Population by Region 1991, http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/english/RunIndex.asp?count=21 .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
ESRI Level 1, Digital Chart of the World (DCW), NASA JPL global MODIS mosaic http://wmt.jpl.nasa.gov/.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Communes or villages with 2,500 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
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Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
ESRI Level 1 boundary data was clipped to Digital Chart of the World to improve the coastline. Missing unit Al Hadd was added by digitizing infilled areas from a section of the global MODIS mosaic from 2000.