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Iceland Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 283   Population 2000 (UN '000) 279
Area (km2) 91,116   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 27
Number of Administrative Units 123   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 2
Number of Urban Extents 5   Number of Settlement Points 29

Iceland Details

Names
ISO3-Code ISL
Continent Europe
Country Name Iceland
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Constituency
Level2 Type Municipality
Number of Units 123
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 2
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 258
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 266
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 283
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 255
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 267
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 279
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 91,116
Average Input Resolution (km) 27
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 29
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 110,978
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,041
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 8,438
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 5
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 441
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 205
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,024
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 157,596
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,768
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 38,873
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 194,363
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 69%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 93%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 17
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Statistics Iceland, http://www.statice.is .
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 Iceland 2002, Statistics Iceland, www.hagstofa.is
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 200 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
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Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
(1) The following units in the spatial data did not match census enumeration units: Gl?sib?jarhreppur, Oxnadalshreppur, Skri?uhreppur. Lat/long coordinates were located for each place, and populations aggregated to the corresponding administrative unit (all Hogabygg?). (2) Almenningur is public land and has a population of zero. Constituency (administartive level 1) names were not included in data and were not readily available for timely addition to data.