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Malta Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 392   Population 2000 (UN '000) 390
Area (km2) 315   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 2
Number of Administrative Units 67   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 6
Number of Urban Extents 2   Number of Settlement Points 60

Malta Details

Names
ISO3-Code MLT
Continent Europe
Country Name Malta
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type District
Level2 Type Locality
Number of Units 67
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 6
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 365
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 378
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 392
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 360
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 378
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 390
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 315
Average Input Resolution (km) 2
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 60
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 22,663
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,094
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,614
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 2
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 230
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 60
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 145
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 290
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 342,120
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 27,860
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 184,990
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 369,980
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 92%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 94%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 91%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 0
Regression-estimated Extents 2
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1995 data from: http://www.nso.gov.mt/publications/census''95/volume1/chapter5.htm . 2001 data from: Demographic Review, 2001 published by the National Statistics Office, Malta 2002 (PDF-- see Website: http://www.nso.gov.mt)
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:
1995 Malta Census, National Statistical Office, www.nso.gov.mt
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Times Atlas of the World, 1999, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Towns with 1,500 inhabitants or more and district centres.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
In the Western District, population of Mtarfa added to Rabat.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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