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Bahamas Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 304   Population 2000 (UN '000) 304
Area (km2) 13,162   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 28
Number of Administrative Units 17   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 18
Number of Urban Extents 4   Number of Settlement Points 12

Bahamas Details

Names
ISO3-Code BHS
Continent North America
Country Name Bahamas
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Island/ Supervisory District
Number of Units 17
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 18
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 255
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 280
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 304
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 255
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 283
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 304
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 13,162
Average Input Resolution (km) 28
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 12
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 210,832
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,128
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 23,191
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 4
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 226
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 7
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 111
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 445
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 194,322
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,813
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 58,744
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 234,978
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 4%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 78%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 89%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 10
Regression-estimated Extents 2
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
The Official Site of the The Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Total Population by Sex and by Island and Number of Households 2000 Census, http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/BahamasWeb/aboutbahamas.nsf/Subjects/General+Statistics .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
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Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
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Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
? Spanish Wells Is and Harbor are merged with Eleutera. ? Rum Cay is merged with Long Island.