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Djibouti Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 641   Population 2000 (UN '000) 632
Area (km2) 20,903   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 65
Number of Administrative Units 5   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 128
Number of Urban Extents 6   Number of Settlement Points 5

Djibouti Details

Names
ISO3-Code DJI
Continent Africa
Country Name Djibouti
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type District
Number of Units 5
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 128
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1998
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 415
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 516
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 641
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 504
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 545
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 632
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 20,903
Average Input Resolution (km) 65
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 5
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 450,384
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,838
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 97,462
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 6
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 87
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 26
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 157
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 482,058
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,129
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 88,062
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 528,371
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 74%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 84%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 5
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Estimates of 1979 population were found in Republique de Djibouti (1989), Annuaire Statistique de Djibouti, Direction Nationale de la Staistique; and Estimates of 1998 population were from Tresor de la Langue Francaise au Quebec (TLFQ), http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/djibouti.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database, http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Djibouti (capital city).
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The 1998 population estimates were converted from percentages to counts. A population growth rate was calculated between the years 1979 and 1998 to extrapolate to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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