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Russia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 137,042   Population 2000 (UN '000) 145,491
Area (km2) 16,679,998   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 82
Number of Administrative Units 2,486   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 55
Number of Urban Extents 558   Number of Settlement Points 704

Russia Details

Names
ISO3-Code RUS
Continent Europe
Country Name Russia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type Oblast
Level3 Type Raion
Number of Units 2,486
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 55
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1999
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 154,215
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 144,738
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 137,042
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 148,292
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 148,141
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 145,491
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 16,679,998
Average Input Resolution (km) 82
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 704
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,886,286
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,700
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 130,268
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 558
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 4,796
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 335
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 186,701
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 14,849,355
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,015
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 178,021
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 99,335,630
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 68%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 73%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 1,082
Regression-estimated Extents 30
Digital Chart of the World 14
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
(1) 1993 population data provided by UNEP/GRID Arendal (2) 2002 population data from the All-Russia Population Census 2002
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID Arendal
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Russia In Figures, 2001, Census Bureau, Statistical Factbook;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Getty, GRID Arendal, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, Meteo, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and the predominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
(1) The population data was extrapolated to target years using an Oblast (administrative level 2) growth rate, calculated between the years 1993-2002, applied to 1993 Raion (administrative level 3) population figures. (2) A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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