Names
|
ISO3-Code |
VUT
|
Continent |
Oceania
|
Country Name |
Vanuatu
|
Administrative Classifications |
Level Used |
1
|
Leve1 Type |
Province
|
Number of Units |
6
|
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
27
|
National Population Estimates |
Last Year of Reference |
1999
|
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
124
|
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
143
|
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
165
|
UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
149
|
UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
172
|
UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
197
|
National
Spatial Estimates |
Area (km2) |
12,274
|
Average Input Resolution (km) |
45
|
Settlement Points |
Number of Settlement Points |
2
|
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
30,611
|
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
11,210
|
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
20,911
|
Urban Areal Extents |
Number of Urban Extents |
2
|
Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
61
|
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
21
|
Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
41
|
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
83
|
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
30,011
|
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
10,472
|
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
20,242
|
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
40,483
|
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
1%
|
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
25%
|
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
22%
|
Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
Nighttime Lights Data |
2
|
Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
Other |
0
|
Notes |
Administrative
Population Source Data: Vanuatu Statistics Office, Facts on Population of Vanuatu, downloaded from http://www.spc.int/stats/vanuatu/About%20VNSO/Data/Social/Population.htm . |
Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Digital Chart of the World (DCW). |
Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de |
Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: World Gazetteer |
Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Luganville centre and Vila urban. |
Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: -- |
Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |