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Macedonia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 2,002   Population 2000 (UN '000) 2,034
Area (km2) 24,702   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 14
Number of Administrative Units 123   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 16
Number of Urban Extents 21   Number of Settlement Points 30

Macedonia Details

Names
ISO3-Code MKD
Continent Europe
Country Name Macedonia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type Municipality
Number of Units 123
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 16
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 1,912
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 1,955
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 2,002
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 1,909
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 1,963
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 2,034
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 24,702
Average Input Resolution (km) 14
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 30
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 461,409
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 15,292
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 48,774
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 21
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 486
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 34
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 127
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,673
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 544,183
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 11,002
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 70,164
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,473,450
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 11%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 73%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 59%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 22
Regression-estimated Extents 1
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2002 data from the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002. Final Report. Republic of Macedonia, State Statistical Office. 1994 population from the Census 1994 (according to 1996 administrative boundaries) at http://www.stat.gov.mk/english/index_eng.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Municpal boundary paper map prepared by the State Statistical Office from State Statistical Office, Republic of Macedonia
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1994 and 2000 to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
Municipal boundary drawn based on map prepared by the Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office, 2003.