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Finland Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 5,188   Population 2000 (UN '000) 5,172
Area (km2) 317,001   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 27
Number of Administrative Units 448   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 12
Number of Urban Extents 54   Number of Settlement Points 101

Finland Details

Names
ISO3-Code FIN
Continent Europe
Country Name Finland
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Laeaeni
Level2 Type Kunta
Number of Units 448
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 12
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 5,027
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 5,079
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 5,188
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 4,986
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 5,108
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 5,172
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 317,001
Average Input Resolution (km) 27
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 101
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,027,305
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,613
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 43,417
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 54
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 2,714
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 360
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 19,446
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,139,043
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,778
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 59,783
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,228,283
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 62%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 59%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 109
Regression-estimated Extents 2
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2000 Kunta population data provided by: Mr. Juhani Leskinen. Library of Statistics Finland. Email: library@stat.fi Internet: http://www.stat.fi 1993 Kunta population downloaded from UNEP GEO data portal.
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; Statistical Yearbook of Finland 2002, UN Statistical Library, hard copy
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Urban communes.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1993 and 2000 to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
Boundary data clipped to DCW coastline boundaries.