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Sao Tome and Principe Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 143   Population 2000 (UN '000) 138
Area (km2) 1,008   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 22
Number of Administrative Units 2   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 72
Number of Urban Extents 3   Number of Settlement Points 11

Sao Tome and Principe Details

Names
ISO3-Code STP
Continent Africa
Country Name Sao Tome and Principe
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Provincia
Level2 Type Distrito
Number of Units 2
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 72
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1970
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 119
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 131
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 143
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 115
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 126
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 138
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 1,008
Average Input Resolution (km) 22
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 11
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 61,101
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,996
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 10,873
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 3
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 47
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 8
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 27
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 80
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 78,596
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 7,143
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 33,387
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 100,162
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 8%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 72%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 48%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 1
Regression-estimated Extents 7
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Republica Democratica des Sao Tome e Principe (1978), Censo de 1970, Resultados de 1970
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; Sao Tome and Principe, Recenseamento Geral da Populacao e da Habitatcao, 1981, Census Bureau;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Sao Tome and Pantufo.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections. Population of the two islands estimated by distributing country level totals according to 1970 proportions.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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