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Pakistan Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 136,089   Population 2000 (UN '000) 141,256
Area (km2) 785,320   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 87
Number of Administrative Units 104   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1,309
Number of Urban Extents 354   Number of Settlement Points 202

Pakistan Details

Names
ISO3-Code PAK
Continent Asia
Country Name Pakistan
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type Division
Level3 Type District
Number of Units 104
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 1,309
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1998
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 105,716
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 119,938
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 136,089
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 109,811
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 123,648
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 141,256
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 785,320
Average Input Resolution (km) 87
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 202
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,919,729
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 24,642
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 201,018
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 354
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,805
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 2
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 102
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 35,953
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 10,886,282
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,980
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 131,859
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 46,677,915
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 5%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 33%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 33%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 532
Regression-estimated Extents 13
Digital Chart of the World 7
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Pakistan Resources Development Services (Pvt.) Ltd. (PRDS)
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Pakistan Resources Development Services (Pvt.) Ltd. (PRDS)
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1998 Population and Housing Census of Pakistan, Provisional Results, UN Statistical Library; ASCities, ASCITY.XLS; City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, UNSD, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Places with municipal corporation, town committee or cantonment.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using Province level growth rates from 1981-1998.
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