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Sweden Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 8,886   Population 2000 (UN '000) 8,842
Area (km2) 431,704   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 39
Number of Administrative Units 288   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 31
Number of Urban Extents 127   Number of Settlement Points 558

Sweden Details

Names
ISO3-Code SWE
Continent Europe
Country Name Sweden
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type County
Level2 Type Municipality (Kommune)
Number of Units 288
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 31
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 8,804
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 8,837
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 8,886
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 8,559
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 8,827
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 8,842
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 431,704
Average Input Resolution (km) 39
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 558
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,212,196
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,003
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 11,471
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 127
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 2,394
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 242
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 30,731
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,486,204
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,011
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 44,767
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,685,383
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 7%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 64%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 83%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 303
Regression-estimated Extents 6
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Data for 1995 from: Statistik uden Graenser, Nordisk statistik pa cd-rom 1997 (Nordic Statistics on CD-Rom 1997). Published by the Statistics Offices of : Iceland, Danmark, Sweden, Greenland, Faroe, Finland and Norway. Data for 2002 from Statistics Sweden. url: Source: http://www.scb.se/statistik/be0101/be0101tab3beforandr02eng.asp Downloaded August 2003.
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:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; StatisticsSweden, www.scb.se
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Getty, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Built-up areas with at least 200 in-habitants and where houses are at most 200 metres from each other.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
To accomodate recent boundary divisions, the population of Nykvarn and Soedertaelje are aggregated to form one unit with the name of Soedertaelje.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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