"Table 1.2 Population by major sub-drainage area, 1990. "					

	POPULATION				
Drainage Basin:	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 Finland	"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"	
					
Baltic Sea Drainage Basin	"22,064,684"	"38,079,763"	"24,796,421"	"84,940,868"	


	PERCENT OF TOTAL BALTIC SEA DRAINAGE BASIN POPULATION				
Drainage Basin:	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 Finland	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
				
Baltic Sea Drainage Basin	25.98	44.83	29.19	100.00
				
Source:				
"Sweitzer, J., Langaas, S. and Folke, C. 1996. Land cover and population density in the Baltic Sea drainage basin. Ambio, Vol. 25(3): 191-198."				
(See also http://www.grida.no/baltic/)				
Notes:				
"a.  Metropolitan = Population > 250,000"				
"b.  Small City/Town = Population between 200 - 250,000"
c.  Rural = Population < 200