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Kilosa Facts

Area	9633.2 km²
Population	591,036
Male Population	294,713 (49.9%)
Female Population	296,323 (50.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+317.5%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+80.3%
Median Age	19.1 years (Male: 18.9, Female: 19.4)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,993 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	East Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-6.83333, 36.98333

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Kilosa Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	141,576	238,415	327,783	505,353	591,036	676,964	768,168
Population Density	14.7 / km²	24.7 / km²	34 / km²	52.5 / km²	61.4 / km²	70.3 / km²	79.7 / km²

* Projected

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

Kilosa Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 80.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kilosa	+317.5%	+147.9%	+80.3%
Morogoro Region	—	—	—
Tanzania	—	—	—

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

Kilosa Median Age

Median Age: 19.1 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Kilosa	19.1 yrs	19.4 yrs	18.9 yrs
Morogoro Region	19.2 yrs	19.5 yrs	18.8 yrs
Tanzania	17.7 yrs	18.2 yrs	17.1 yrs

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

Kilosa Population Density

Population Density: 61.4 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kilosa	591,036	9,633.2 km²	61.4 / km²
Morogoro Region	2.6 million	70,131.1 km²	37.2 / km²
Tanzania	53.2 million	940,193.6 km²	56.6 / km²

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

Kilosa Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1100 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

Kilosa Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$1,118	$1,017	$876	$1,533	$1,552	$1,629	$1,808	$1,993
Total GDP	$266.3M	$285.7M	$278.7M	$557.7M	$641.3M	$776.6M	$1B	$1.2B

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

Kilosa CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Kilosa	161,230 tn	0.27 tn	16.7 tons/km²
Morogoro Region	709,912 tn	0.27 tn	10.1 tons/km²
Tanzania	13,721,720 tn	0.26 tn	14.6 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

Kilosa CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	161,230 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.27 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	16.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (8.7)
Flood	Medium (7)
Earthquake	Low (2.3)

* 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.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
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
1/15/12	11:08 AM	4.4	87.9 km	10,000 m	Tanzania	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Kilosa

Kilosa (Kilossa) is a city in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is the administrative seat for Kilosa District. As of 2002, the population of the town was 26,060.

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