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Congo Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 2,751   Population 2000 (UN '000) 3,018
Area (km2) 343,235   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 86
Number of Administrative Units 46   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 60
Number of Urban Extents 22   Number of Settlement Points 22

Congo Details

Names
ISO3-Code COG
Continent Africa
Country Name Congo
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type District/Commune
Number of Units 46
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 60
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 2,122
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 2,415
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 2,751
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 2,230
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 2,603
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 3,018
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 343,235
Average Input Resolution (km) 86
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 22
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,117,617
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 11,841
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 104,389
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 22
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 261
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 0
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 50
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,095
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,247,472
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,175
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 112,085
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,465,879
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 72%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 66%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 12
Regression-estimated Extents 16
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
The population figures for 1990 were based on the OECD/Club du Sahel West Africa Long Term Perspective Study (WALTPS), estimated by Benoit Ninnin from these sources: Republique Populaire du Congo, 1987, Annuaire Statistque, Ministere du Plan, Brazzaville [1974 data]; and Republique Populaire du Congo, 1987, Recensement General de la Population et de l''Habitat de 1984, Vol. 3: Resultats Definitifs, Tome I: Ensemble du Pays, Direction des Statistiques Demographiques et Sociales, Brazzaville. The regional 1984 and 1996 Census populations from CityPopulation, http://www.citypopulation.de/Congo.html
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov . Boundaries digitized from 1:1m IGN map.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Communes of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
District level data were available for 1974, but only province level data could be obtained for 1984. Province level growth rates were originally used for interpolation, except for communes (6 major cities) for which data was available for 1974 and 1984, for Brazzaville and Pointe Noire also for 1960 from UNSTAT. These cities were treated explicitly, while the residual population in the corresponding district was interpolated using aggregate province growth rates. These data were used to estimate population in 1990 at the district level. Population data were extrapolated to the years 1995 and 2000 using regional growth rates between 1984 and 1996.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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