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Viet Nam Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 77,402   Population 2000 (UN '000) 78,137
Area (km2) 328,535   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 6
Number of Administrative Units 10,476   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 7
Number of Urban Extents 119   Number of Settlement Points 55

Viet Nam Details

Names
ISO3-Code VNM
Continent Asia
Country Name Viet Nam
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 4.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type Province
Level3 Type District
Level4 Type Commune
Number of Units 10,476
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 7
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1999
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 65,453
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 72,156
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 77,402
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 66,074
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 72,841
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 78,137
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 328,535
Average Input Resolution (km) 6
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 55
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,649,234
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 32,716
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 223,708
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 119
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,240
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 64
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 7,613
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,634,417
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,017
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 150,405
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 17,898,193
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 2%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 23%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 25%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 141
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 70
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Completed Census Results of The Population and Housing Census. [1.4.1999]. Whole Country. General Statistics Office - Vietnam, Central Data Processing Centre. Version 1.0, August 2001. The Population and Labour Statistics Department of GSO
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Poverty and inequality in Vietnam : spatial patterns and geographic determinants Minot, Nicholas; Baulch, Bob; Epprecht, Michael. 2003. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Viet Nam Population Census 1989, Columbia University Libraries?;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Places with 4,000 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Extrapolated to target years based on base year (1999) and UN rates.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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