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French Polynesia Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 236   Population 2000 (UN '000) 233
Area (km2) 3,745   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 10
Number of Administrative Units 39   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 6
Number of Urban Extents 4   Number of Settlement Points 36

French Polynesia Details

Names
ISO3-Code PYF
Continent Oceania
Country Name French Polynesia
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Island Group
Level2 Type Commune
Number of Units 39
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 6
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 196
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 215
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 236
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 195
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 215
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 233
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 3,745
Average Input Resolution (km) 10
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 36
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 25,937
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,000
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,748
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 4
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 210
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 4
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 62
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 250
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 104,388
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,151
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 30,147
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 120,589
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 7%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 51%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 53%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 8
Regression-estimated Extents 12
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Institut de la Statistique de la Polynesie Francaise, http://www.ispf.pf/(xhaijxjsbngr2b553j3shc45)/index.aspx?choix=stat .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Digital Chart of the World (DCW).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Recensement General de la Population de la Polynesie Francaise 2002, www.ispf.pf
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Getty, Map, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Places with 1,000 inhabitants or, more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The population growth rates between 1988?1996 was used to estimate the 1990 and 1995 populations. The 1996?2002 rate was used to estimate the 2000?2020 (quinquennialy) populations.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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