Gopalganj, Dhaka

Area of Gopalganj, Dhaka	1,490.5 km²
Population	1.2 million
Male Population	594,464 (49.3%)
Female Population	612,096 (50.7%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+35.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-0.5%
Median Age	22.1 years old
Male Median Age	21.2 years old
Female Median Age	22.9 years old
Timezone	Bangladesh Standard Time

Gopalganj is a district in the Dhaka division of Bangladesh. The district has about 1,172,415 civilians and its surface area is 1,490 km². Source: Wikipedia

Gopalganj, Dhaka Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	890,088	1,110,414	1,212,034	1,206,560
Population Density	597.2 / km²	745.0 / km²	813.2 / km²	809.5 / km²

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

Gopalganj Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 0.5% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Gopalganj, Dhaka	+35.6%	+8.7%	-0.5%
Dhaka	+188.7%	+80.9%	+37.4%
Bangladesh	+125.9%	+51.9%	+22.6%

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

Gopalganj, Dhaka Median Age

Median Age: 22.1 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
Gopalganj, Dhaka	22.1 years	21.2 years	22.9 years
Dhaka	24 years	24.5 years	23.4 years
Bangladesh	23.2 years	23.1 years	23.3 years

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

Gopalganj, Dhaka Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	66,465	64,287	130,752
5-9	85,476	81,063	166,540
10-14	80,774	75,727	156,502
15-19	54,669	51,093	105,763
20-24	41,710	57,617	99,327
25-29	43,503	57,108	100,611
30-34	36,719	44,623	81,343
35-39	35,121	40,070	75,191
40-44	32,751	33,281	66,032
45-49	27,675	26,747	54,422
50-54	23,932	22,916	46,849
55-59	17,666	15,346	33,013
60-64	19,187	17,707	36,895
65-69	12,981	11,004	23,986
70-74	10,159	8,916	19,076
75-79	5,676	4,591	10,267
80-84	0	0	0
85 Plus	0	0	0

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

Gopalganj, Dhaka Population Density

Population Density: 809.5 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Gopalganj, Dhaka	1.2 million	1,490.5 km²	809.5 / km²
Dhaka	42.2 million	20,706.6 km²	2,038 / km²
Bangladesh	161.0 million	144,082.5 km²	1,117 / km²

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

Gopalganj, Dhaka Historical Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
0	37,001	n/a	n/a
100	39,721	0.7%	272
200	42,442	0.7%	272
300	45,706	0.7%	326
400	48,971	0.7%	326
500	52,236	0.6%	326
600	55,501	0.6%	326
700	61,486	1%	598
800	67,471	0.9%	598
900	75,633	1.1%	816
1000	83,795	1%	816
1100	87,059	0.4%	326
1200	90,324	0.4%	326
1300	90,324	0%	0
1400	102,295	1.3%	1,197
1500	108,824	0.6%	652
1600	141,471	2.7%	3,264
1700	174,118	2.1%	3,264
1800	220,171	2.4%	4,605
1900	347,179	4.7%	12,700
1910	373,343	7.5%	26,164
1920	399,593	7%	26,250
1930	440,914	10.3%	41,321
1940	482,364	9.4%	41,450
1950	523,932	8.6%	41,568
1960	651,765	24.4%	127,833
1970	806,486	23.7%	154,721
1990	1,110,414	17.3%	151,964
2000	1,212,034	9.2%	101,620

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

Gopalganj, Dhaka CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Gopalganj, Dhaka	658,528 t	0.55 t	441.8 t/km²
Dhaka	23,948,244 t	0.57 t	1,156 t/km²
Bangladesh	85,681,867 t	0.53 t	594.7 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

Drought	High (8.7)
Flood	High (10)
Earthquake	Medium (2.2)

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

Top places in Gopalganj, Dhaka

Places in Gopalganj, Dhaka

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Gopalganj	9.1 km²	50,749	5,601 / km²
Gopalganj Sadar	382.2 km²	299,583	783.7 / km²
Kasiani	295.2 km²	229,945	778.9 / km²
Kotwalipara	364.4 km²	249,536	684.8 / km²
Muksudpur	309.9 km²	295,384	953.1 / km²
Tungipara	129.6 km²	81,365	627.8 / km²

Other places in Dhaka

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Dhaka	1,465 km²	14.3 million	9,766 / km²
Faridpur	2,054.9 km²	2.1 million	1,002 / km²
Gazipur	1,750.9 km²	4.8 million	2,744 / km²
Kishoreganj	2,687.9 km²	3.4 million	1,275 / km²
Madaripur	1,283.5 km²	1.4 million	1,122 / km²
Manikganj	1,408.9 km²	1.5 million	1,093 / km²
Munshiganj	970.4 km²	1.6 million	1,668 / km²
Narayanganj	746.8 km²	3.3 million	4,415 / km²
Narsingdi	1,074 km²	2.3 million	2,133 / km²
Rajbari	1,180.1 km²	1.1 million	973.5 / km²
Shariatpur	1,249.6 km²	1.2 million	976.2 / km²
Tangail	3,344.2 km²	3.9 million	1,152 / km²

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