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Estonia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 1,372   Population 2000 (UN '000) 1,393
Area (km2) 43,179   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 13
Number of Administrative Units 251   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 5
Number of Urban Extents 21   Number of Settlement Points 42

Estonia Details

Names
ISO3-Code EST
Continent Europe
Country Name Estonia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type County
Level2 Type Municipality
Number of Units 251
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 5
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 1,572
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 1,468
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 1,372
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 1,571
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 1,484
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 1,393
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 43,179
Average Input Resolution (km) 13
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 42
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 400,378
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,165
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 21,981
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 21
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 625
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 22
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 125
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,617
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 458,957
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,806
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 45,648
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 958,618
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 70%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 69%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 40
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2000 data from the Statistical Office of Estonia, Table: Population by the Place of residence in 2000 and 1989 Population Censuses (by data of 2000 census): http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/dialog/statfileri.asp The 1990 data are official estimates of population from the Statistical Office of Estonia: http://www.stat.ee/
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:
Housing and Population Census 2000, http://www.stat.ee/582
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities and urban-type localities designated as such according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A county (administrative level 1) population growth rate was calculated between 1990 and 2000 and applied to the muncipality units (administrative level 2) population to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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