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Seychelles Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 81   Population 2000 (UN '000) 80
Area (km2) 196   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 10
Number of Administrative Units 2   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 40
Number of Urban Extents 1   Number of Settlement Points 4

Seychelles Details

Names
ISO3-Code SYC
Continent Africa
Country Name Seychelles
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type District
Number of Units 2
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 40
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1977
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 70
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 76
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 81
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 70
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 75
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 80
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 196
Average Input Resolution (km) 10
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 4
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 27,153
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,164
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,425
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 1
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 120
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 120
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 120
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 120
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 53,210
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 53,210
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 53,210
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 53,210
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 61%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 69%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 65%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 2
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1990 population estimate based on 1973 and 1988 United Nations Demographic Yearbooks
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:
NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Victoria; for 1987 census, Victoria and other towns and townships (including Anse Boileau, Anse Royale, Cascade and Takamaka).
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to the years 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections. Population of the two islands estimated by distributing country level totals according to 1977 proportions.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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