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Czech Republic Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 10,247   Population 2000 (UN '000) 10,272
Area (km2) 78,616   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 4
Number of Administrative Units 6,258   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 2
Number of Urban Extents 118   Number of Settlement Points 131

Czech Republic Details

Names
ISO3-Code CZE
Continent Europe
Country Name Czech Republic
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Kraje
Level2 Type Okresy
Level3 Type Obec
Number of Units 6,258
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 2
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 10,423
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 10,333
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 10,247
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 10,306
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 10,331
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 10,272
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 78,616
Average Input Resolution (km) 4
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 131
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,181,877
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 10,057
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 42,752
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 118
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,275
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 13
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 106
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 12,489
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,457,584
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,107
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 55,636
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,564,996
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 16%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 64%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 75%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 198
Regression-estimated Extents 1
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Population data from the Czech Statistical Office. 2001 data from Population and Housing Census 2001, downloaded from ''Basic data about municipalities'': http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/basic_data_about_municipalities ; 1996 population data from the Czech Statistical Office: http://www.czso.cz/eng/angl.htm .
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:
Czech Republic Population and Housing Census March 2001, http://www.czso.cz/eng/angl.htm
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 5,000 inhabitants or more
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Okres (administrative level 2) growth rate between 1996 and 2001 applied to 2001 Obec (administrative level 3) population to project to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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