| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
NAM
|
| Continent |
Africa
|
| Country Name |
Namibia
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Region
|
Level2 Type
|
Constituency
|
| Number of Units |
102
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
18
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
1,411
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
1,590
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
1,802
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
1,375
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
1,585
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
1,757
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
819,964
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
90
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
34
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
209,477
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,296
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
18,645
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
15
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
408
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
17
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
115
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
1,732
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
213,669
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,260
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
38,681
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
580,221
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
0%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
32%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
31%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
14
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
1
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: 2001 population data from Census Preliminary Results In Brief, Namibia National Planning Commission, Central Bureau Of Statistics, March 2002; and 1991 data from Republic of Namibia (1993), Statistical Abstract 1993, Number 2, National Planning Commission, Center of Statistics Office, Windhoek, Namibia. |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Atlas of Namibia: A portrait of the land and its people by John Mendelsohn, Alice Jarvis, Carole Roberts and Tony Robertson; published in 2002 by David Philip, Cape Town and Atlas of Namibia Project, 2002, Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism: www.dea.met.gov.na |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: 1991 Namibia Population and Housing Census, UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): The district headquarters and other settlements of rapid population growth with facili?ties that tend to encourage people to engage in non?agricultural activities. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Data were extrapolated using regional level growth rates between 1991 and 2001. These rates were applied to the 2001 population to extrapolate the data to target years. A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units. Note that the 2001 population at the Constituency level doesn't include "Institutional Population." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: Walvis Bay urban boundary amended as per new spatial data. |
