| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
CHE
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Switzerland
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3
|
| Leve1 Type |
Canton
|
Level2 Type
|
District
|
| Level3 Type |
Commune
|
| Number of Units |
2,912
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
2
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
7,046
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
7,050
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
7,218
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
6,834
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
7,118
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
7,170
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
38,975
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
4
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
341
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
363,273
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,300
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
13,204
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
59
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
2,030
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
11
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
136
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
8,004
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,727,883
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,006
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
84,231
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
4,969,617
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
21%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
69%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
67%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
45
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
14
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Permanent Resident Population 1997 and 2001 from Swiss Federal Statistics Office, www.statistik.admin.ch . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more, including suburbs. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: A population growth rate was calculated between 1991 and 2001 to extrapolate to target years. Recent boundary divisions were accomodated and populations from old divisions were systematically attributed to the new divisions. Please contact us for more information on this process at: gpw@ciesin.columbia.edu. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
