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Denmark Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 5,331   Population 2000 (UN '000) 5,320
Area (km2) 42,484   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 12
Number of Administrative Units 276   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 19
Number of Urban Extents 77   Number of Settlement Points 429

Denmark Details

Names
ISO3-Code DNK
Continent Europe
Country Name Denmark
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type County
Level2 Type Kommune
Number of Units 276
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 19
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 5,151
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 5,239
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 5,331
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 5,140
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 5,228
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 5,320
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 42,484
Average Input Resolution (km) 12
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 429
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,075,851
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,001
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,381
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 77
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,563
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 120
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 9,270
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,558,609
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,023
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 46,534
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,583,087
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 22%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 67%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 85%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 147
Regression-estimated Extents 51
Digital Chart of the World 2
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2002 population data from Denmark Statistical Yearbook 2002 (PDF), Table 44. Population in municipalites and counties 2002, downloaded from Denmark Statistics, http://www.dst.dk/HomeUK/Statistics/Publications/Yearbook/2002.aspx? ; 1997 population data from Statistik uden Graenser, Nordisk statistik pa cd-rom 1997 - Nordic Statistics on DC-Rom 1997 Published by the Statistics Offices of Iceland, Danmark, Sweden, Greenland, Faroe, Finland and Norway.
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:
Statistical Yearbook of Denmark 2000, http://www.dst.dk/
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Population excluding population in rural districts.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1997 and 2002 to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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