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Federated State of Micronesia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 107   Population 2000 (UN '000) 123
Area (km2) 675   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 13
Number of Administrative Units 4   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 27
Number of Urban Extents 9   Number of Settlement Points 17

Federated State of Micronesia Details

Names
ISO3-Code FSM
Continent Oceania
Country Name Federated State of Micronesia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Islands
Number of Units 4
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 27
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 104
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 106
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 107
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 94
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 108
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 123
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 675
Average Input Resolution (km) 13
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 17
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 13,900
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,292
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,608
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 9
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 61
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 28
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 252
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 18,938
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,046
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 8,223
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 74,006
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) --
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 69%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 29%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 4
Regression-estimated Extents 6
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Population, 2000 Census Preliminary Count, from Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, http://www.fsmgov.org/info/people.html .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Spatial data received via collaborative input-data exchange with the LandScan Project, http://www.ornl.gov/gist/ .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1994 Federated States of Micronesia Census of Population, UN Statistical Library, hard copy; City Population, www.citypopulation.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 1,000 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Applied the Island growth rates for 1994?2000, as estimated by the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, to the 2000 Island population.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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