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Gimbi Facts

Area	18.1 km²
Population	68,619
Male Population	34,780 (50.7%)
Female Population	33,839 (49.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+393.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+63.4%
Median Age	19.5 years (Male: 19.8, Female: 19.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,827 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	East Africa Time
Lat & Lng	9.17031, 35.83491

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Gimbi Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	13,914	26,103	42,001	77,645	68,619	77,732	84,294
Population Density	767.7 / km²	1,440.2 / km²	2,317.3 / km²	4,283.9 / km²	3,785.9 / km²	4,288.7 / km²	4,650.7 / km²

* Projected

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

Gimbi Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 63.4% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Gimbi	+393.2%	+162.9%	+63.4%
Oromia Region	—	—	—
Ethiopia	—	—	—

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

Gimbi Median Age

Median Age: 19.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Gimbi	19.5 yrs	19.1 yrs	19.8 yrs
Oromia Region	16.1 yrs	16.3 yrs	15.9 yrs
Ethiopia	17.1 yrs	17.4 yrs	16.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Gimbi Population Density

Population Density: 3,786 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Gimbi	68,619	18.1 km²	3,786 / km²
Oromia Region	37.3 million	324,341.2 km²	115 / km²
Ethiopia	99.1 million	1,128,902.4 km²	87.8 / km²

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

Gimbi Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1840 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

Gimbi Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$493	$472	$491	$715	$992	$1,209	$1,699	$1,827
Total GDP	$6.7M	$8.5M	$11.4M	$19.9M	$32.8M	$45.4M	$66.3M	$74.7M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Gimbi CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Gimbi	2,599 tn	0.04 tn	143.4 tons/km²
Oromia Region	1,152,603 tn	0.03 tn	3.6 tons/km²
Ethiopia	3,092,124 tn	0.03 tn	2.7 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

Gimbi CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	2,599 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.04 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	143.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Low (2)

* 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.

Gimbi

Gimbi is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°10′N 35°50′E with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi wore..

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