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Las Minas Facts

Area	49.1 km²
Population	2,503
Male Population	1,323 (52.9%)
Female Population	1,180 (47.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+69.5%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+26.7%
Median Age	32.7 years (Male: 32.5, Female: 33)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$14,516 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern Standard Time
Lat & Lng	7.79581, -80.74570

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Las Minas Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	1,477	1,797	1,976	2,161	2,503	2,418	2,341
Population Density	30.1 / km²	36.6 / km²	40.3 / km²	44 / km²	51 / km²	49.3 / km²	47.7 / km²

* Projected

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

Las Minas Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 26.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Las Minas	+69.5%	+39.3%	+26.7%
Herrera Province	—	—	—
Panama	—	—	—

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

Las Minas Median Age

Median Age: 32.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Las Minas	32.7 yrs	33 yrs	32.5 yrs
Herrera Province	32.4 yrs	32.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Panama	27.4 yrs	27.7 yrs	27.1 yrs

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

Las Minas Population Density

Population Density: 51 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Las Minas	2,503	49.1 km²	51 / km²
Herrera Province	123,907	2,375.6 km²	52.2 / km²
Panama	3.8 million	75,430.4 km²	50.9 / km²

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

Las Minas Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 200 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

Las Minas Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$5,370	$6,114	$8,616	$11,710	$10,019	$14,547	$11,536	$14,516
Total GDP	$7.9M	$9M	$12.3M	$17.1M	$14.6M	$20.9M	$15.5M	$19.2M

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

Las Minas CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Las Minas	8,930 tn	3.57 tn	182 tons/km²
Herrera Province	503,406 tn	4.06 tn	211.9 tons/km²
Panama	14,498,748 tn	3.78 tn	192.2 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

Las Minas CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	8,930 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3.57 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	182 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (6)

* 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. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
6/23/19	3:42 PM	4.6	73.4 km	5,490 m	72km S of Rio de Jesus, Panama	usgs.gov
6/13/18	11:54 PM	5.2	45.1 km	10,000 m	13km WNW of Tonosi, Panama	usgs.gov
12/17/17	6:53 AM	4.5	82 km	10,000 m	29km SW of Pedasi, Panama	usgs.gov
12/17/17	6:35 AM	4.8	80.2 km	10,000 m	27km SW of Pedasi, Panama	usgs.gov
12/14/17	1:11 AM	4.8	61.5 km	18,980 m	61km SSW of Las Minas, Panama	usgs.gov
12/11/16	12:46 PM	4.5	18.2 km	35,000 m	18km SW of Las Minas, Panama	usgs.gov
3/3/16	9:47 AM	4.3	78.1 km	36,950 m	67km SSW of Rio de Jesus, Panama	usgs.gov
10/31/15	6:14 PM	4.2	46.1 km	34,190 m	20km W of Tonosi, Panama	usgs.gov
2/11/15	4:31 PM	4.3	96.7 km	48,910 m	49km SW of Sona, Panama	usgs.gov
5/18/12	5:56 AM	4.3	43.2 km	36,000 m	Panama	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Las Minas

Las Minas is a town and corregimiento in Las Minas District, Herrera Province, Panama with a population of 1,975 as of 2010. It is the seat of Las Minas District. Its population as of 1990 was 1,981; its population as of 2000 was 2,209.

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