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Cape Verde Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 435   Population 2000 (UN '000) 427
Area (km2) 4,072   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 21
Number of Administrative Units 9   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 48
Number of Urban Extents 11   Number of Settlement Points 16

Cape Verde Details

Names
ISO3-Code CPV
Continent Africa
Country Name Cape Verde
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Ilha
Number of Units 9
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 48
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 324
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 374
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 435
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 341
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 381
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 427
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 4,072
Average Input Resolution (km) 21
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 16
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 94,757
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,802
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 13,606
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 11
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 62
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 17
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 192
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 93,528
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,093
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 19,336
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 212,699
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 5%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 47%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 64%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 9
Regression-estimated Extents 4
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Cabo Verde: Censo 1990 e Censo 2000, Outros A?os Perspectivas Demograficas de Cabo Verde Horizonte 2020, http://www.ine.cv/estatisticas_cv_demografia.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, http://www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, Getty, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1990 and 2000 to extrapolate the population data to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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