Al Burayqah

Area of Al Burayqah	2.028 km²
Population	1,720
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+2,105.1%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+11.3%
Timezone	Eastern European Standard Time

Brega, also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega, is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea. Source: Wikipedia

Al Burayqah Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	78	1,281	1,545	1,720
Population Density	38.5 / km²	631.5 / km²	761.7 / km²	848.0 / km²

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

Brega Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 11.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Al Burayqah	+2,105.1%	+34.3%	+11.3%
Ajdabiya	+139.9%	+42.9%	+17.7%
Libya	+139.8%	+43%	+17.7%

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

Al Burayqah Population Density

Population Density: 848.0 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Al Burayqah	1,720	2.028 km²	848.0 / km²
Ajdabiya	198,148	197,448.3 km²	1.0 / km²

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

Al Burayqah Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1960 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1960	43	n/a	n/a
1970	62	44.2%	19
1990	1,281	354.5%	609
2000	1,545	20.6%	264
2020	1,856	9.6%	155
2030	2,126	14.5%	270
2040	2,320	9.1%	194
2050	2,513	8.3%	193
2060	2,551	1.5%	38
2070	2,590	1.5%	39
2080	2,590	0%	0
2090	2,590	0%	0
2100	2,590	0%	0

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [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.

Sources: [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

Al Burayqah CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Al Burayqah	6,815 t	3.96 t	3,360 t/km²
Ajdabiya	784,666 t	3.96 t	3.97 t/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

Other places in Ajdabiya

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Ajdabiya	21.1 km²	67,618	3,200 / km²
Awjila	334.8 km²	6,000	17.9 / km²
Gallo, Libya	6.4 km²	9,881	1,532 / km²
Maradah	1.583 km²	313	197.8 / km²
Zuwetina	2.078 km²	3,359	1,616 / km²

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