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Poland Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 38,644   Population 2000 (UN '000) 38,605
Area (km2) 311,195   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 11
Number of Administrative Units 2,489   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 16
Number of Urban Extents 263   Number of Settlement Points 226

Poland Details

Names
ISO3-Code POL
Continent Europe
Country Name Poland
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Voivod
Level2 Type Poviativ
Level3 Type Gmina
Number of Units 2,489
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 16
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 38,845
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 38,719
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 38,644
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 38,111
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 38,595
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 38,605
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 311,195
Average Input Resolution (km) 11
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 226
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,666,203
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 19,483
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 83,361
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 263
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 2,399
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 4
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 116
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 30,556
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,875,402
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,189
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 78,157
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 20,555,389
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 10%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 53%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 63%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 453
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Downloaded from the Regional Data Bank, Polish Official Statistics, http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm, Population by living location in a gmina (as of 31 XII) --Unit of measure: person.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Towns and settlements of an urban type (for example, workers'' settlements, fisher-men''s settlements and health resorts).
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between 1998 and 2001 to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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