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Area of Science:

  • Demography
  • Urban Studies
  • Statistical Modeling

Background:

  • Limited research exists on population distribution within administrative divisions compared to cities.
  • Existing models, like the power law, are commonly used for city populations but may not fit administrative data well.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the population distribution of second-level administrative units across 150 countries.
  • To propose and validate a new statistical model, the discrete generalized beta distribution (DGBD), for administrative population data.
  • To compare the DGBD's performance against the traditional power law model.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of population data for second-level administrative units in 150 countries and territories.
  • Development and application of the discrete generalized beta distribution (DGBD) rank-size function.
  • Comparative analysis of the DGBD and power law models based on goodness of fit and parameter count.
  • Simulation using a computational toy model to explore the origins of the DGBD.

Main Results:

  • The DGBD is a statistically sound model for 96% of the analyzed administrative population datasets.
  • The DGBD demonstrates superior performance compared to the power law model for administrative divisions in most cases.
  • The DGBD also shows advantages when applied to country-level population data (zeroth-level administrative units).
  • A simulation model provides evidence that the DGBD can emerge from a specific model of administrative division formation.

Conclusions:

  • The discrete generalized beta distribution (DGBD) is a robust and preferred statistical model for describing population distribution in administrative divisions.
  • The DGBD offers a better fit than the power law for both sub-national administrative units and country-level populations.
  • The proposed computational model helps explain the emergence of the DGBD and its relevance to the evolution of local administrative units and population distribution.