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Maldives Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 270   Population 2000 (UN '000) 291
Area (km2) 189   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 3
Number of Administrative Units 21   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 13
Number of Urban Extents 0   Number of Settlement Points 58

Maldives Details

Names
ISO3-Code MDV
Continent Asia
Country Name Maldives
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Atoll
Number of Units 21
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 13
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 224
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 245
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 270
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 216
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 250
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 291
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 189
Average Input Resolution (km) 3
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 58
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 74,069
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,009
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,264
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 0
Largest Urban Extent (km2) --
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) --
Mean Urban Extent (km2) --
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) --
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) --
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) --
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) --
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) --
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) --
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) --
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 28%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data --
Regression-estimated Extents --
Digital Chart of the World --
Other --
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Ministry of Planning and Development, Maldives 1995 and 2000 Census Data, http://www.planning.gov.mv/census2k/index_p.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Digital Chart of the World (DCW) boundaries were updated using paper maps from the Maldives Ministry of Planning and Development.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Statistical Yearbook Of Maldives 2003, www.planning.gov.mv/yrb2003/start.htm
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
The capital city of Male
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
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Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
The Atoll Islands were identified via visual inspection of a map from the Maldives Ministry of Planning and National Development, Spatial Planning Section at: http://www.planning.gov.mv/.