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Kolda Facts

Area	12.4 km²
Population	276,003
Male Population	139,374 (50.5%)
Female Population	136,629 (49.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+242.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+68.3%
Median Age	17.8 years (Male: 17.1, Female: 18.5)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	12.88333, -14.95000

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Kolda Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	80,638	128,253	163,987	246,593	276,003
Population Density	6,516.2 / km²	10,363.9 / km²	13,251.5 / km²	19,926.7 / km²	22,303.3 / km²

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

Kolda Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 50.4% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kolda	+205.8%	+92.3%	+50.4%
Kolda Region	+207.9%	+101.5%	+53.5%
Senegal	+211.9%	+102.5%	+53.7%

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

Kolda Median Age

Median Age: 17.8 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Kolda	17.8 yrs	18.5 yrs	17.1 yrs
Kolda Region	17.8 yrs	18.5 yrs	17.1 yrs
Senegal	17.8 yrs	18.5 yrs	17.1 yrs

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

Kolda Population Density

Population Density: 22,303 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kolda	276,003	12.4 km²	22,303 / km²
Kolda Region	504,564	7,347 km²	68.7 / km²
Senegal	14.9 million	196,435.1 km²	76.1 / km²

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

Kolda Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1850 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

Kolda CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Kolda	193,837 tn	0.7 tn	15,663.6 tons/km²
Kolda Region	323,120 tn	0.64 tn	44 tons/km²
Senegal	10,019,063 tn	0.67 tn	51 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

Kolda CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	193,837 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.7 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	15,663.6 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (5)

* 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.

Kolda

Kolda is a city located in southern Senegal. It is the capital city of Kolda Region and Kolda Department, a region known historically and popularly as Haute Casamance.

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