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Slovenia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 1,971   Population 2000 (UN '000) 1,988
Area (km2) 20,224   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 2
Number of Administrative Units 5,989   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 0
Number of Urban Extents 29   Number of Settlement Points 116

Slovenia Details

Names
ISO3-Code SVN
Continent Europe
Country Name Slovenia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type Municipality
Level3 Type Settlement
Number of Units 5,989
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 0
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 2,013
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 1,991
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 1,971
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 1,918
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 1,990
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 1,988
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 20,224
Average Input Resolution (km) 2
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 116
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 261,929
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,428
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 8,463
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 29
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 755
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 11
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 87
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,514
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 442,736
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,501
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 37,853
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,097,745
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 12%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 56%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 49%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 43
Regression-estimated Extents 24
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Census 2002, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, http://www.stat.si/pxweb/Database/Census2002/Census2002.asp . The 1995 population was caluclated based on the Population for 1996 and 1997 from: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
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:
Slovenia Population Census 2002, http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati_slovenij
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The 2002 Municipality (administrative level 2) data are aggregated to spatially match 1995 Municipality boundaries to calculate population growth rates. The municipal growth rates between 1995 and 2002 were computed and applied to Settlements for extrapopolation to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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