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The meaning of abbreviations in >> status columns and >> column headings.

Status of Towns and Administrative Divisions

The status of towns and administrative divisions (like 'state' or 'city') is abbreviated as follows:

Abbr.Meaning
AAreaAutonomous Area
ACityAutonomous City
ACntyAutonomous County
ADistAutonomous District
Adm-UrbUrban population of administrative areas
AgglAgglomeration
AProvAutonomous Province
AreaArea
ARegAutonomous Region
ARepAutonomous Republic
ArrArrondissement
ASettAutonomous Settlement
AtollAtoll
BezCounty
BorBorough
CAdmArea administered by the central government
CantCanton
CapCapital
CcACouncil Area
CDistCity District
CityCity
CityCRCounty-level City
CntryCountry
CntyCounty
ComCommune
ConfConfederation
ConglConglomeration
CpDstCapital District
CtCantonment
CUAConsolidated Urban Area
CWCommonwealth
DCADistrict Council Area
DeptDepartment
DistDistrict
DivDivision
DpnTDependent Territory
EmirEmirate
FDistFederal District
FedFederation
Fed RepFederal Republic
FStFederal State
FTerrFederal Territory
GovGovernorate
GrDchGrand Duchy
IncIncorporated Area
IndepIndependent Country
IslIsland
IslamRepIslamic Republic
KingdKingdom
LGALocal Government Area
MCMunicipal Council
MCntyMetropolitan county
MktMarket Town
MMunMetropolitan Municipality
MPrefMunicipal / Metropolitan Prefecture
MProvMunicipal / Metropolitan Province
MunMunicipality
Mun-Urburban population of municipalities
New TownNew Town
OvDeptOverseas Department
OvTerrOverseas Territory
ParParish
PrefPrefecture
ProvProvince
QuartQuarter
RCRural Commune
RCARegional Council Area
RegRegion
RepRepublic
RSettRural Settlement
SDStatistical Division
SettSettlement
ShShire
SSDStatistical Subdivision
StState
StatStation
SubDistSubdistrict
TerrTerritory
TownTown
TribTribal Area
TshpTownship
UAUrban Area
UCUrban Council
UComUrban Commune
UDistrUrban District
UGovUnified Government
UnincUnincorporated Area
UninhIslUninhabited Island
UrbCUrban Center
USettUrban Settlement
UTerrUnion Territory
VillVillage
VoiVoivodship
WardWard
ZoneZone

Column Headings

The headings of population columns consist of following parts:

  1. the reference (not for countries and administrative divisions)
  2. the type of investigation
  3. the date of investigation
  4. an optional suffix

Reference

The reference indicates the area referred by the population figures (e.g., a town, a municipality or an agglomeration).

Abbr.Meaning
*varying reference
?uncertain reference
Aagglomeration, metropolitan area
ACconglomeration
Ccity, town, commune
CDcity district, borough, quarter
CUurban population of city
CUAconsolidated urban area
Mmunicipality, municipio
MUurban population of municipality, of municipio
Pprovince, federal state, district, country etc.
UAurban area, settlement

Investigation

The investigation indicates how the population were investigated (e.g., by a census or an estimation).

Abbr.Meaning
A (hect)area (in hectare)
A (km²)area (in square km)
A-L (hect)land area (in hectare)
A-L (km²)land area (in square km)
A-L (m²)land area (in square m)
Ccensus
C?census (may be estimate)
Cacensus (adjusted)
Cfcensus (final)
Cfacensus (final, adjusted)
CIintermediate census
Cpcensus (provisional)
Cpacensus (provisional, adjusted)
Eestimate
E~estimate (rough)
Efestimate (final)
Epestimate (provisional)
Pprojection
Rregister-based
UEuninofficial estimate
UE-Ccomputation based on census results
UE-Ecomputation based on estimates
UE-Pcomputation based on projections

Suffix

The suffix gives additional information (e.g., de jure or de facto population).

Abbr.Meaning
?uncertain date
cenumerated population
fde facto
jde jure
nnon-agricultural population
rusually resident population