OECD Regions at a Glance 2009
This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation. It relies on the OECD Regional database, the most comprehensive set of statistics at the sub-national level on demography, economic and labour market performance, education, healthcare, environmental outputs and knowledge-based activities comparable among the OECD countries. This publication provides a dynamic link (StatLink) for each graph and map, which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel®.
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Distribution of Population and Regional Typology
Population is unevenly distributed among regions within and across countries. Regional population density in OECD countries varies from close to zero in some regions in Canada and Iceland to over 20 000 persons per km2 in Paris (France).
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