Table 1b.  Population In The Baltic Sea Drainage Basin

              POPULATION
               Metropolitan  Small City/Town       Rural          Total
Bothnian Bay               0        1,062,938     337,621      1,400,559
Bothnian Sea               0        1,973,034     598,747      2,571,781
Gulf of Finlan     6,024,972        4,650,821   1,995,117     12,670,910
Gulf of Riga         897,078        2,193,997   1,546,394      4,637,469
Baltic Proper     11,785,197       24,236,437  18,565,608     54,587,242
Danish Straits     2,653,437        1,728,320   1,004,242      5,385,999
Kattegat             704,000        2,234,216     748,692      3,686,908

TOTAL             22,064,684       38,079,763  24,796,421     84,940,868


              PERCENT OF TOTAL BALTIC SEA DRAINAGE BASIN POPULATION
               Metropolitan  Small City/Town       Rural          Total
Bothnian Bay            0.00             1.25        0.40           1.65
Bothnian Sea            0.00             2.32        0.70           3.03
Gulf of Finlan          7.09             5.48        2.35          14.92
Gulf of Riga            1.06             2.58        1.82           5.46
Baltic Proper          13.87            28.53       21.86          64.26
Danish Straits          3.12             2.03        1.18           6.34
Kattegat                0.83             2.63        0.88           4.34

TOTAL                  25.98            44.83       29.19         100.00

a.  Metropolitan = Population > 250,000
b.  Small City/Town = Population between 200 - 250,000
c.  Rural = Population < 200