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Azerbaijan Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 7,978   Population 2000 (UN '000) 8,041
Area (km2) 85,355   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 34
Number of Administrative Units 74   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 108
Number of Urban Extents 41   Number of Settlement Points 29

Azerbaijan Details

Names
ISO3-Code AZE
Continent Asia
Country Name Azerbaijan
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Rayon
Number of Units 74
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 108
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1990
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 7,119
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 7,536
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 7,978
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 7,175
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 7,685
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 8,041
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 85,355
Average Input Resolution (km) 34
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 29
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,807,300
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 19,792
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 116,109
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 41
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,576
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 11
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 178
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 7,280
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,513,686
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,246
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 83,426
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,420,454
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 9%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 42%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 52%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 73
Regression-estimated Extents 1
Digital Chart of the World 1
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN), http://www.asian.gu.edu.au/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN), http://www.asian.gu.edu.au/ .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
ASCities; Statistical Yearbook Azerbaijan 2001, Statistical Yearbook Azerbaijan 2001;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
ASCities, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to the criteria of number of inhabitants and predominance of agricultural or non-agricultural workers and their families.
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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