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Haiti Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 7,581   Population 2000 (UN '000) 8,142
Area (km2) 26,876   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 14
Number of Administrative Units 135   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 57
Number of Urban Extents 13   Number of Settlement Points 15

Haiti Details

Names
ISO3-Code HTI
Continent North America
Country Name Haiti
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Departamento
Level2 Type Arrondissement
Level3 Type Commune
Number of Units 135
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 57
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2003
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 6,582
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 7,053
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 7,581
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 6,907
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 7,522
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 8,142
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 26,876
Average Input Resolution (km) 14
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 15
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 900,672
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 7,348
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 122,674
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 13
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 326
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 22
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 60
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 778
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,521,955
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 9,332
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 155,100
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,016,299
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 3%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 25%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 36%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 10
Regression-estimated Extents 7
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Institut Haitien de Statistiques et d''Informatique (IHSI); Resultats preliminaires du Recensement General de la Population et de l''Habitat; 2003
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Ministere de la Planification et de la Cooperation Externe/ Unite de Teledetection et de Systemes d''Information Geographique (UTSIG); 1999
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Administrative centres of communes.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A departmento (administrative level 1) growth rate was calculated between 1992 and 2003 and then applied to the 2003 commune (administrative level 3) population figures to extrapolate data to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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