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Brunei Darussalam Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 324   Population 2000 (UN '000) 328
Area (km2) 5,901   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 38
Number of Administrative Units 4   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 81
Number of Urban Extents 2   Number of Settlement Points 5

Brunei Darussalam Details

Names
ISO3-Code BRN
Continent Asia
Country Name Brunei Darussalam
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type District
Number of Units 4
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 81
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 254
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 287
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 324
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 257
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 294
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 328
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 5,901
Average Input Resolution (km) 38
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 5
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 62,092
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,602
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 27,900
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 2
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 772
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 261
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 517
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,033
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 245,514
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 34,399
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 139,956
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 279,913
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 18%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 84%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 73%
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:
1991 and 2001 Census District population from CityPopulation: http://www.citypopulation.de/Brunei.html; 1996 district (administrative 1 level) population information from BruNet: http://www.brunet.bn/org/bsmehp/brunei/info/smepopn.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
District boundaries were digitized from the CIA map at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east_and_asia/Brunei.GIF .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Municipalities and areas having urban socio-economic characteristics.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth calculated between the census years of 1991 and 2001.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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