Biscoitos

Area of Biscoitos	1.818 km²
Population	553
Male Population	281 (50.7%)
Female Population	272 (49.3%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	-41.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-22.3%
Median Age	40.3 years old
Male Median Age	38.8 years old
Female Median Age	41.8 years old
Timezone	Pacific Daylight Time

Biscoitos Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	947	808	712	553
Population Density	520.9 / km²	444.4 / km²	391.6 / km²	304.2 / km²

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

Biscoitos Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 22.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Biscoitos	-41.6%	-31.6%	-22.3%
Praia da Vitoria	-41.7%	-31.6%	-22.5%
Ilha Terceira	-16.3%	-13.3%	-10.2%
Portugal	+12.6%	+4.6%	+0.7%

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

Biscoitos Median Age

Median Age: 40.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
Biscoitos	40.3 years	38.8 years	41.8 years
Praia da Vitoria	38.1 years	37.1 years	39.1 years
Ilha Terceira	38.7 years	37.5 years	39.8 years
Portugal	42.1 years	40.5 years	43.5 years

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

Biscoitos Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	16	11	27
5-9	13	11	25
10-14	12	12	25
15-19	18	14	32
20-24	17	17	35
25-29	24	22	47
30-34	25	22	48
35-39	20	21	41
40-44	20	18	38
45-49	17	17	34
50-54	22	21	43
55-59	18	20	39
60-64	14	16	31
65-69	14	14	29
70-74	11	13	24
75-79	9	12	21
80-84	7	6	14
85 Plus	3	6	10

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

Biscoitos Population Density

Population Density: 304.2 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Biscoitos	553	1.818 km²	304.2 / km²
Praia da Vitoria	18,921	160.8 km²	117.6 / km²
Ilha Terceira	52,545	400.7 km²	131.1 / km²
Portugal	10.3 million	92,381 km²	111.4 / km²

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

Biscoitos Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1990	808	n/a	n/a
2000	712	-11.9%	-96
2020	545	-12.5%	-83
2030	529	-2.9%	-16
2040	515	-2.6%	-14
2050	499	-3.1%	-16
2060	481	-3.6%	-18
2070	457	-5%	-24
2080	432	-5.5%	-25
2090	409	-5.3%	-23
2100	385	-5.9%	-24

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

Biscoitos CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Biscoitos	4,310 t	7.79 t	2,370 t/km²
Praia da Vitoria	144,900 t	7.66 t	900.9 t/km²
Ilha Terceira	406,148 t	7.73 t	1,013 t/km²
Portugal	63,778,007 t	6.19 t	690.4 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

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Cyclone	Medium (5)
Volcano	Medium (3)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Other places in Praia da Vitoria

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Aeroporto das Lajes	87,980 m²	114	1,295 / km²
Agualva	0.647 km²	296	457.7 / km²
Amoreiras	28,778 m²	8	278.0 / km²
Barreiro	0.172 km²	88	511.8 / km²
Cabo da Praia	1.647 km²	338	205.2 / km²
Caldeira	75,071 m²	15	199.8 / km²
Canada da Bezerra	77,384 m²	11	142.1 / km²
Canada das Covas	0.228 km²	133	583.0 / km²
Canada das Fontainhas	0.348 km²	158	454.6 / km²
Casa da Ribeira	0.404 km²	229	566.4 / km²
Fonte do Bastardo	2.101 km²	956	454.9 / km²
Fontinhas	0.904 km²	432	477.8 / km²
Fundões	0.334 km²	165	494.6 / km²
Juncal	0.208 km²	76	365.2 / km²
Lajes	0.962 km²	913	949.4 / km²
Pico da Rocha	29,034 m²	66	2,273 / km²
Picão	0.118 km²	106	901.2 / km²
Porto Martins	1.548 km²	750	484.5 / km²
Praia da Vitória	2.039 km²	2,422	1,187 / km²
Quatro Ribeiras	0.272 km²	45	165.7 / km²
Ribeira de Agualva	57,478 m²	5	87.0 / km²
Santa Luzia	0.437 km²	193	441.9 / km²
Santa Rita	0.273 km²	292	1,070 / km²
Serra de Santiago	0.105 km²	46	436.3 / km²
São Brás	0.398 km²	205	514.9 / km²
Vila Nova	0.718 km²	275	383.1 / km²
Álamos Bravos	0.412 km²	107	259.6 / km²

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