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Lesotho Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 2,090   Population 2000 (UN '000) 2,035
Area (km2) 30,582   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 55
Number of Administrative Units 10   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 209
Number of Urban Extents 10   Number of Settlement Points 15

Lesotho Details

Names
ISO3-Code LSO
Continent Africa
Country Name Lesotho
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type District
Number of Units 10
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 209
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 1,687
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 1,814
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 2,090
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 1,682
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 1,869
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 2,035
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 30,582
Average Input Resolution (km) 55
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 15
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 126,019
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,500
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 17,691
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 10
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 189
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 2
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 60
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 596
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 105,679
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,016
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 19,610
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 196,100
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 2%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 11%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 29%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 17
Regression-estimated Extents 7
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
(1) Lesotho 1996 census data downloaded from: www.acap.upenn.edu; (2) the Kingdom of Lesotho (1987), Population census 1986, Preliminary results, Bureau of Statistics, Maseru; (3) Lesotho Demographic Survey 2001.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Integrated Management, Analysis & Geographic Information Services (IMAGIS) and the and Lesotho Bureau of Statistics
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1986 Lesotho Population Census Analysis Report Volume IV, UN Statistical Library
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
District headquarters and other settlements with rapid population growth and with facilities that tend to encourage people to engage in economic activities that are non-agricultural in nature.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
(1) A growth rate, calculated between 1986 and 1996, was used to extrapolate the data to 1990 and 1995 (2) A growth rate, calculated between 1996 and 2001, was used to extrapolate the data to additional target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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