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Suriname Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 445   Population 2000 (UN '000) 417
Area (km2) 141,133   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 119
Number of Administrative Units 10   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 45
Number of Urban Extents 4   Number of Settlement Points 15

Suriname Details

Names
ISO3-Code SUR
Continent South America
Country Name Suriname
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Distrito
Number of Units 10
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 45
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 394
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 418
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 445
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 402
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 409
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 417
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 141,133
Average Input Resolution (km) 119
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 15
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 235,414
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,575
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 20,742
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 4
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 422
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 32
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 173
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 692
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 334,000
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,530
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 89,437
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 357,746
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 82%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 75%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 8
Regression-estimated Extents 3
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
General Bureau of Statistics, 1999
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
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Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Greater Paramaribo.
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