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Palau Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 19   Population 2000 (UN '000) 19
Area (km2) 463   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 8
Number of Administrative Units 7   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 3
Number of Urban Extents 3   Number of Settlement Points 2

Palau Details

Names
ISO3-Code PLW
Continent Oceania
Country Name Palau
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type State
Number of Units 7
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 3
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 15
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 17
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 19
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 15
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 17
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 19
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 463
Average Input Resolution (km) 8
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 2
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 11,410
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,205
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,308
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 3
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 21
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 11
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 33
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 8,836
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,340
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,108
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 15,323
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 7%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 79%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 69%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 2
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Various Census Reports, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, and Office of Planning & Programming/UNDP-PSD Project Office computation, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Palau, http://www.palaugov.net/stats/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Digital Chart of the World (DCW) and World Vector Shoreline, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1990 US Census, http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.ht
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
1990 US Census
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Koror (capital city).
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The population growth rate between 1990?2000 was used for extrapolating to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
Via the World Vector Shorelines, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html, the following Islands were added: Kayangel, Sonsorol, Peleliu, Angaur, and Merir.