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Urban population projections in the Lower Mekong

Data is derived from country census complied by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. The suggested citation of the original report is: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, CD-ROM Edition. Further information at https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/CD-ROM/Default.aspx

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Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category
  • Population
  • Urban development trends
Language
  • English
Use limitations Free to use for research and non-profit services with proper referencing.
Dataset reference date March 1, 2014
Temporal extent's start date January 1, 1950
Temporal extent's end date January 1, 2050
GeoNames
  • Cambodia
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Myanmar
  • Thailand
  • Viet Nam
Positional Accuracy Estimation based
Logical Consistency Data based on population censuses
Completeness Complete
Process Step Cambodia: Censuses of 1962, 1980, 1998 and 2008; Estimates for 1950 and 1966; UN Estimates for 1970, 1975, 1975 and 1979. Vietnam: Censuses of 1960, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009; Estimate for 1970; UN Estimates for 1992 and 1994. Lao PDF: Censuses of 1958, 1966, 1973, 1985, 1995 and 2005. Thailand: Censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010. Myanmar: Censuses of 1973 and 1983; Estimate for 1953; Sample Survey of 1957.
Lineage United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, CD-ROM Edition.
Responsible party For more information about the Population Division please contact the Office of the Director, Population Division, United Nations, 2 United Nations Plaza, Rm. DC2-1950, New York, NY 10017 USA, Telephone + 1-212-963-3209, Facsimile + 1-212-963-2147 population@un.org
Attributes Data in panel format
License CC-BY-4.0
Copyright Yes
Version 1.0
Keywords urbanization
Date uploaded March 26, 2018, 21:00 (UTC)
Date modified March 27, 2018, 00:42 (UTC)