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Mossendjo Facts

Area	2.9 km²
Population	23,344
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+3302.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+25.9%
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-2.94968, 12.70423

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Mossendjo Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	686	8,939	18,543	20,889	23,344
Population Density	233.5 / km²	3,043.1 / km²	6,312.5 / km²	7,111.1 / km²	7,946.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mossendjo Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 12.7% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Mossendjo	+2945%	+133.7%	+12.7%
Niari Department	+3747.6%	+194.9%	+21.8%
Republic of the Congo	+199.1%	+95.4%	+49.3%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mossendjo Population Density

Population Density: 7,947 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Mossendjo	23,344	2.938 km²	7,947 / km²
Niari Department	230,626	27,654 km²	8.3 / km²
Republic of the Congo	4.6 million	343,019.3 km²	13.4 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mossendjo Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1970 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Mossendjo CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Mossendjo	9,902 tn	0.42 tn	3,370.9 tons/km²
Niari Department	106,890 tn	0.46 tn	3.9 tons/km²
Republic of the Congo	1,968,031 tn	0.43 tn	5.7 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Mossendjo CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	9,902 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.42 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	3,370.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Mossendjo

Mossendjo is a town located in the Niari Region of the Republic of the Congo.

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