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Latvia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 2,381   Population 2000 (UN '000) 2,421
Area (km2) 64,196   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 10
Number of Administrative Units 585   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 4
Number of Urban Extents 35   Number of Settlement Points 76

Latvia Details

Names
ISO3-Code LVA
Continent Europe
Country Name Latvia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Rajons
Level2 Type Rajona piseta
Number of Units 585
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 4
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 2,639
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 2,506
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 2,381
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 2,671
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 2,516
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 2,421
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 64,196
Average Input Resolution (km) 10
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 76
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 764,329
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,207
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 21,662
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 35
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,098
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 23
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 94
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 3,288
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 939,572
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,178
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 49,338
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,726,840
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 5%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 73%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 60%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 56
Regression-estimated Extents 9
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Central Statistics Bureau of Latvia, "Results of the 2000 Population and Housing Census in Latvia."
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; Statistical Yearbook of Latvia 2002, UN Statistical Library, hard copy
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and pre-dominance of non-agricultural workers and their families.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Rajon (administrative level 1) population growth rates, between census years 1989 and 2000, were applied to 2000 Rajona piseta (administrative level 2) population data to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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