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Swaziland Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 989   Population 2000 (UN '000) 925
Area (km2) 17,410   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 66
Number of Administrative Units 4   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 247
Number of Urban Extents 5   Number of Settlement Points 15

Swaziland Details

Names
ISO3-Code SWZ
Continent Africa
Country Name Swaziland
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Region
Number of Units 4
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 247
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1997
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 757
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 865
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 989
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 769
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 835
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 925
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 17,410
Average Input Resolution (km) 66
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 15
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 57,811
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,201
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 10,044
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 5
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 583
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 18
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 161
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 803
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 95,238
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,822
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 26,623
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 133,116
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 5%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 13%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 27%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 13
Regression-estimated Extents 5
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Common Country Assessment: Swaziland 1997, Provisional Results of the 1997 Population and Housing Census (http://www.ecs.co.sz/cca/cca_6.htm) and Swaziland Government (1986), 1986 Swaziland population census, Vol. 1, Statistical Tables, Central Statistical Office, Mbabane.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
UNEP/GRID-WRI-NCGIA Africa Population Database: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1986 Swaziland Population Census, UN Statistical Library
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities proclaimed as urban.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
A population growth rate was calculated between the years 1986-1997 and used to extrapolate population data to target years.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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