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Gambia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 1,197   Population 2000 (UN '000) 1,303
Area (km2) 10,838   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 17
Number of Administrative Units 37   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 32
Number of Urban Extents 14   Number of Settlement Points 96

Gambia Details

Names
ISO3-Code GMB
Continent Africa
Country Name Gambia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Division
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 37
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 32
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1993
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 925
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 1,076
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 1,197
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 928
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 1,115
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 1,303
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 10,838
Average Input Resolution (km) 17
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 96
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 63,326
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,108
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 7,719
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 14
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 152
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 6
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 34
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 470
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 480,061
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,014
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 50,243
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 703,396
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 4%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 53%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 31%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 5
Regression-estimated Extents 56
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Population and Housing Census 1993, Banjul: Central Statistics Department.
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; City Population, http://www.citypopulation.de; Population and Housing Census of the Gambia 1993, UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, Census, Columbia Gazetteer, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1990 and 1993 to extrapolate to the target years of 1995 and 2000.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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