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Algeria Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 30,421   Population 2000 (UN '000) 30,291
Area (km2) 2,302,498   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 219
Number of Administrative Units 48   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 634
Number of Urban Extents 329   Number of Settlement Points 151

Algeria Details

Names
ISO3-Code DZA
Continent Africa
Country Name Algeria
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Wilaya
Number of Units 48
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 634
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1998
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 24,470
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 27,248
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 30,421
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 24,855
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 27,655
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 30,291
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 2,302,498
Average Input Resolution (km) 219
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 151
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,660,692
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,007
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 29,463
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 329
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 2,178
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 7
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 92
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 30,401
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,616,730
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,087
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 53,838
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 17,712,552
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 58%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 58%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 341
Regression-estimated Extents 86
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1987 and 1998 Census data from Statistiques Algerie, http://www.ons.dz/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, http://www.citypopulation.de; Recensement General de la Population de l''Habitat 1998 Armature Urbaine Algeria, Census Bureau;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Rand McNally Atlas 1994, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
All communes having as chef-lieu either a city, a rural town or an urban agglomeration.
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