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Turkey Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 67,804   Population 2000 (UN '000) 66,668
Area (km2) 768,690   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 98
Number of Administrative Units 80   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 848
Number of Urban Extents 364   Number of Settlement Points 417

Turkey Details

Names
ISO3-Code TUR
Continent Asia
Country Name Turkey
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 80
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 848
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 56,473
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 61,767
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 67,804
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 56,098
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 61,493
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 66,668
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 768,690
Average Input Resolution (km) 98
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 417
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 8,803,500
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,091
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 103,608
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 364
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,929
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 121
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 44,223
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 4,078,153
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,324
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 112,009
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 40,771,219
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 60%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 66%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 485
Regression-estimated Extents 12
Digital Chart of the World 2
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2000 population data: Republic of Turkey, State Institute of Statistics (SIS), http://www.die.gov.tr/ENGLISH/index.html . 1990 and 1997 population data: Republic of Turkey, State Planning Organization, http://www.dpt.gov.tr/dptweb/ekutup99/il99/il99.html#nufus .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Spatial data received via collaborative input-data exchange with the LandScan Project, http://www.ornl.gov/gist/ .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
Turkey 1990 Census of Population, UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Getty, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, UNSD, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Population of the localities within the municipal limits of administrative centres of provinces and districts.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The population of Duzce province (administrative level 1) was aggregated with the population of Bolu province (administrative level 1). Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using province (administrative level 1) 1990?2000 population growth rates applied to 2000 district (administrative level 2) population data.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
The boundaries do not include the recently created province (administrative level 1) of Duzce. Duzce was split off from the province of Bolu.