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Central African Republic Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 3,540   Population 2000 (UN '000) 3,717
Area (km2) 622,868   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 111
Number of Administrative Units 51   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 69
Number of Urban Extents 33   Number of Settlement Points 37

Central African Republic Details

Names
ISO3-Code CAF
Continent Africa
Country Name Central African Republic
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Prefecture
Level2 Type Sous-Prefecture
Number of Units 51
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 69
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1988
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 2,804
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 3,187
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 3,540
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 2,945
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 3,347
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 3,717
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 622,868
Average Input Resolution (km) 111
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 37
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 451,690
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,221
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 26,625
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 33
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 233
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 54
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,792
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 735,048
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,154
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 35,762
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,180,154
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 31%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 42%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 4
Regression-estimated Extents 26
Digital Chart of the World 9
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1988 census figures, National Statistical Office, digital file.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Recensement General de la Population de December 1988 Central African Republic, Census Bureau
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Twenty principal centres with a population of over 3,000 each.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to the target years 1990, 1995, and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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