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Burundi Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 6,624   Population 2000 (UN '000) 6,356
Area (km2) 25,227   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 15
Number of Administrative Units 114   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 58
Number of Urban Extents 15   Number of Settlement Points 15

Burundi Details

Names
ISO3-Code BDI
Continent Africa
Country Name Burundi
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type Commune
Number of Units 114
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 58
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1999
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 5,356
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 5,937
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 6,624
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 5,636
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 6,079
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 6,356
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 25,227
Average Input Resolution (km) 15
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 15
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 354,674
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,574
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 45,929
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 15
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 137
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 15
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 37
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 557
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 317,571
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,354
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 42,112
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 631,686
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 2%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 10%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 9%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 1
Regression-estimated Extents 14
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1999 - ISTEEBU, Bujumbura, Burundi: http://www.burundi-contacts.com/pays .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Commune of Bujumbura.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
9 population units were consolidated to match to the shapefile single unit: Nyabigina (Buj) /Bujumbura. These are: Buyenzi (36,782), Bwiza (35425), Cibitoke (47,061), Kamenge (55,653), Kinama (33,858), Musaga (39,337), Ngagara (19762), Nyakabiga (21,229), and Rohero (29,991).
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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