Rural land area and population of continents
This dataset is about continents. It has 3 columns: continent, rural land area, and population. The data is ordered by population (descending).
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There are 3 fields used in this dataset (including filters):
- Continent: Name of continent.
- Rural Land Area: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This field is expressed in km².
- Population: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. This field is expressed in people.
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This dataset has 5 rows and is 100% filled with values (non-null)
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This dataset is based on data from: World Bank
This dataset can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license