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Antarctica — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Antarctica had an estimated population of 1,435 in 2005, with 37 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)
1MacMurdo - permanent station of the USSector claimed by New Zealand254
2Molodezhnaya - permanent station of RussiaSector claimed by Australia81
3Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva - permanent station of ChileSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK81
4Amundsen-Scott - permanent station of the USUnclaimed Sector62
5MirnyySector claimed by Australia61
6Esperanza - permanent station of ArgentinaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK56
7Vicecomodoro Marambio - permanent station of ArgentinaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK56
8Capitán Arturo Prat - permanent station of ChileSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK41
9Syowa - permanent station of JapanSector claimed by Norway41
10Novolazarovskaya - permanent station of RussiaSector claimed by Norway31
11Dumont dʿUrville - permanent station of FranceSector claimed by France27
12Bellingshausen - permanent station of RussiaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK25
13Maitri - permanent station of IndiaSector claimed by Norway25
14General Bernardo OʿHiggins - permanent station of ChileSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK23
15Davis - permanent station of AustraliaSector claimed by Australia22
16Rothera - permanent station of the UKSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK22
17General Belgrano II - permanent station of ArgentinaSector claimed by Argentina/UK21
18Casey - permanent station of AustraliaSector claimed by Australia20
19Chang Cheng - permanent station of ChinaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK20
20Escudero - permanent station of ChileSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK20
21General San Martin - permanent station of ArgentinaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK20
22Henryk Arctowski - permanent station of PolandSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK20
23Mawson - permanent station of AustraliaSector claimed by Australia20
24Progress - permanent station of RussiaSector claimed by Australia20
25Teniente Jubany - permanent station of ArgentinaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK20
26Halley V - permanent station of the UKSector claimed by Argentina/UK15
27King Sejong - permanent station of South KoreaSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK15
28Zhongshan - permanent station of ChinaSector claimed by Australia15
29Orcadas - permanent station of ArgentinaSector claimed by Argentina/UK14
30Vostok - permanent station of RussiaSector claimed by Australia13
31Academician Vernadskiy - permanent station of the UkraineSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK12
32Comandante Ferraz - permanent station of BrazilSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK12
33Artigas - permanent station of UruguaySector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK10
34Palmer - permanent station of the USSector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK10
35Sanae IV - permanent station of South AfricaSector claimed by Norway10
36Scott - permanent station of New ZealandSector claimed by New Zealand10
37Neumayer - permanent station of GermanySector claimed by Norway9

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Sector claimed by Australia448
2Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK376
3Sector claimed by New Zealand338
4Sector claimed by Norway108
5Sector claimed by Argentina/UK72
6Unclaimed Sector62
7Sector claimed by France31
8Sector claimed by the UK only0

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.