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Belize Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 240   Population 2000 (UN '000) 226
Area (km2) 22,290   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 61
Number of Administrative Units 6   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 40
Number of Urban Extents 6   Number of Settlement Points 9

Belize Details

Names
ISO3-Code BLZ
Continent North America
Country Name Belize
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type District
Number of Units 6
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 40
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 185
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 210
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 240
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 186
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 203
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 226
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 22,290
Average Input Resolution (km) 61
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 9
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 49,050
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,329
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 12,727
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 6
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 127
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 27
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 89
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 531
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 46,616
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 7,812
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 16,351
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 98,105
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 2%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 40%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 48%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 9
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
National Population and Housing Census 2000 and 1991 from the Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Mapa de la Regionalizacion de la Republica de Guatemala. Ministerio de Agricultura. Escala 1:750000. Copia heliografica. Prepared by the Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical (CIAT).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Belize 2000 Census, http://www.cso.gov.bz
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
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