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Afghanistan Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 21,444   Population 2000 (UN '000) 21,765
Area (km2) 634,908   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 44
Number of Administrative Units 329   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 65
Number of Urban Extents 52   Number of Settlement Points 50

Afghanistan Details

Names
ISO3-Code AFG
Continent Asia
Country Name Afghanistan
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 329
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 65
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1998
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 13,473
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 16,998
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 21,444
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 13,675
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 19,073
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 21,765
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 634,908
Average Input Resolution (km) 44
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 50
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,993,238
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 7,953
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 98,010
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 52
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 333
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 59
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 3,068
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 792,551
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 8,090
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 70,714
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,677,148
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 15%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 22%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 14
Regression-estimated Extents 35
Digital Chart of the World 12
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
UN Afghani Central Statistical Office via the Afghanistan Information Management Service, http://www.aims.org.af/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Afghanistan Information Management Service, http://www.aims.org.af/ .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Preliminary Results of the First Afghan Population Census, 1979, UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Sixty-three localities.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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