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Somalia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 8,154   Population 2000 (UN '000) 8,778
Area (km2) 634,315   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 93
Number of Administrative Units 74   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 110
Number of Urban Extents 10   Number of Settlement Points 8

Somalia Details

Names
ISO3-Code SOM
Continent Africa
Country Name Somalia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 74
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 110
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 7,869
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 8,010
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 8,154
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 7,163
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 7,348
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 8,778
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 634,315
Average Input Resolution (km) 93
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 8
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,016,021
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 20,437
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 222,236
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 10
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 171
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 0
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 41
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 411
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 276,946
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,665
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 84,971
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 849,713
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 12%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 28%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 6
Regression-estimated Extents 3
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
World Health Organization population data provided by the Information Food Security Analysis Unit of Somalia, FSA
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:
AFCities, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Towns with 5,000 inhabitants or more.
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