Gandaki

Area of Gandaki	12,324 km²
Population	1.4 million
Male Population	639,031 (45.1%)
Female Population	777,854 (54.9%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+634.2%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-10.3%
Median Age	22.8 years old
Male Median Age	20.5 years old
Female Median Age	24.7 years old
Timezone	Nepal Time

Gandaki Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	192,973	985,308	1,579,138	1,416,889
Population Density	15.7 / km²	80.0 / km²	128.1 / km²	115.0 / km²

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

Gandaki Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 10.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Gandaki	+634.2%	+43.8%	-10.3%
Nepal	+115%	+52%	+20.2%

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

Gandaki Median Age

Median Age: 22.8 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
Gandaki	22.8 years	20.5 years	24.7 years
Nepal	21.5 years	20.4 years	22.6 years

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

Gandaki Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	62,240	58,316	120,557
5-9	77,810	75,274	153,084
10-14	93,768	93,916	187,684
15-19	81,174	88,838	170,012
20-24	48,810	77,063	125,874
25-29	37,485	67,763	105,248
30-34	32,787	54,955	87,743
35-39	31,615	51,022	82,638
40-44	31,197	44,884	76,082
45-49	29,488	38,843	68,331
50-54	30,833	35,633	66,467
55-59	26,054	28,525	54,579
60-64	23,053	27,495	50,548
65-69	18,009	19,960	37,969
70-74	14,709	15,368	30,077
75-79	0	0	0
80-84	0	0	0
85 Plus	0	0	0

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

Gandaki Population Density

Population Density: 115.0 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Gandaki	1.4 million	12,324 km²	115.0 / km²
Nepal	28.6 million	147,655.4 km²	193.4 / km²

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

Gandaki Historical Population

Estimated Population from 1300 to 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1300	28,921	n/a	n/a
1400	30,528	0.5%	160
1500	32,135	0.5%	160
1600	40,168	2.3%	803
1700	48,201	1.8%	803
1800	59,863	2.2%	1,166
1900	85,136	3.6%	2,527
1910	90,806	6.7%	5,670
1920	101,046	11.3%	10,240
1930	110,338	9.2%	9,292
1940	120,491	9.2%	10,153
1950	131,585	9.2%	11,094
1960	157,106	19.4%	25,521
1970	193,422	23.1%	36,316
1990	985,308	125.7%	395,943
2000	1,579,138	60.3%	593,830

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

Gandaki CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Gandaki	641,187 t	0.45 t	52 t/km²
Nepal	11,072,303 t	0.39 t	75 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

Top places in Gandaki

Places in Gandaki

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Gorkha	3,645.8 km²	236,334	64.8 / km²
Kaski	2,084.9 km²	460,549	220.9 / km²
Lamjung	1,662.5 km²	156,225	94.0 / km²
Manang	2,321.1 km²	5,238	2.26 / km²
Syangja	1,037 km²	263,523	254.1 / km²
Tanahu	1,572.7 km²	295,023	187.6 / km²

Other places in Nepal

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Bagmati	9,418.4 km²	4.9 million	521.4 / km²
Bheri	10,072.4 km²	1.6 million	159.9 / km²
Dhawalagiri	8,226.7 km²	456,830	55.5 / km²
Janakpur	9,648 km²	2.8 million	288.7 / km²
Karnali	21,378.5 km²	327,909	15.3 / km²
Kosi	9,584.9 km²	3.1 million	319.0 / km²
Lumbini	8,919.1 km²	2.8 million	318.2 / km²
Mahakali	6,948.3 km²	1.3 million	181.9 / km²
Mechi	8,163.4 km²	1.4 million	168.7 / km²
Narayani	8,400.6 km²	3.3 million	395.9 / km²
Rapti	11,039.3 km²	1.4 million	128.1 / km²
Sagarmatha	10,737.7 km²	2.1 million	194.9 / km²
Seti	12,795 km²	1.7 million	129.1 / km²

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