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Iraq Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 23,910   Population 2000 (UN '000) 22,946
Area (km2) 430,575   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 151
Number of Administrative Units 19   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1,258
Number of Urban Extents 38   Number of Settlement Points 24

Iraq Details

Names
ISO3-Code IRQ
Continent Asia
Country Name Iraq
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Governorates
Number of Units 19
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 1,258
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1985
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 17,996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 20,743
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 23,910
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 17,271
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 20,049
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 22,946
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 430,575
Average Input Resolution (km) 151
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 24
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 5,511,490
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 38,706
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 530,850
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 38
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,964
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 15
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 326
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 12,390
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,255,690
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,126
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 366,909
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 13,942,534
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 3%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 56%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 67%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 118
Regression-estimated Extents 4
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Laenderbericht: Irak 1988, J.B. Metzler & C.E. Poeschel, Wiesbaden, 1988.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
World Data Bank II
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):
Area within the boundaries of municipality councils (al majlis al baldei).
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:
Boundary data source: World Data Bank II Coverage includes Iraq/Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone, with a COUNTRY identifier of ''IY'' (as in WBDII), an ADMINID of 999000000, and a population of 0.