La Paz Department (Honduras)

Area of La Paz Department (Honduras)	2,588.8 km²
Population	191,270
Male Population	93,092 (48.7%)
Female Population	98,178 (51.3%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+153.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+29.3%
Median Age	19.9 years old
Male Median Age	18.9 years old
Female Median Age	20.8 years old
Timezone	Central Standard Time

La Paz Department (Honduras) Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	75,416	117,339	147,974	191,270
Population Density	29.1 / km²	45.3 / km²	57.2 / km²	73.9 / km²

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

La Paz Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 29.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
La Paz Department (Honduras)	+153.6%	+63%	+29.3%
Honduras	+159.6%	+64.6%	+29.2%

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

La Paz Department (Honduras) Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	12,098	12,162	24,260
5-9	12,012	11,408	23,421
10-14	13,242	12,430	25,673
15-19	11,657	11,579	23,237
20-24	8,863	9,664	18,528
25-29	6,521	7,806	14,328
30-34	5,544	6,454	11,998
35-39	4,779	5,770	10,550
40-44	3,822	4,432	8,255
45-49	3,124	3,688	6,812
50-54	3,078	3,400	6,478
55-59	2,245	2,485	4,730
60-64	1,937	2,175	4,112
65-69	1,398	1,597	2,995
70-74	1,128	1,200	2,329
75-79	846	916	1,763
80-84	461	541	1,002
85 Plus	338	471	809

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

La Paz Department (Honduras) Population Density

Population Density: 73.9 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
La Paz Department (Honduras)	191,270	2,588.8 km²	73.9 / km²

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

La Paz Department (Honduras) Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 400 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
400	4,727	n/a	n/a
500	5,909	2.3%	118
600	7,386	2.3%	147
700	9,232	2.3%	184
800	11,540	2.3%	230
900	14,425	2.3%	288
1000	18,032	2.3%	360
1100	22,540	2.3%	450
1200	28,174	2.3%	563
1300	35,218	2.3%	704
1400	44,022	2.3%	880
1500	55,027	2.3%	1,100
1600	15,722	-11.8%	-3,930
1700	4,492	-11.8%	-1,123
1800	6,198	3.3%	170
1900	25,421	15.2%	1,922
1910	27,347	7.6%	1,926
1920	30,874	12.9%	3,527
1930	37,288	20.8%	6,414
1940	49,483	32.7%	12,195
1950	52,933	7%	3,450
1960	62,567	18.2%	9,634
1970	67,259	7.5%	4,692
1990	117,339	32.1%	25,040
2000	147,974	26.1%	30,635
2020	206,499	18.1%	29,262
2030	231,442	12.1%	24,943
2040	250,601	8.3%	19,159
2050	263,226	5%	12,625
2060	270,162	2.6%	6,936
2070	272,411	0.8%	2,249
2080	270,756	-0.6%	-1,655
2090	266,142	-1.7%	-4,614
2100	259,534	-2.5%	-6,608

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

La Paz Department (Honduras) CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
La Paz Department (Honduras)	252,872 t	1.32 t	97.7 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

Landslide	High (8)
Flood	High (10)
Earthquake	High (6.3)

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

Top places in La Paz Department (Honduras)

Places in La Paz Department (Honduras)

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Aguanqueterique	189.8 km²	4,506	23.7 / km²
Cabanas	155.2 km²	3,125	20.1 / km²
Cane	47 km²	3,541	75.3 / km²
Chinacla	63.1 km²	7,081	112.1 / km²
Guajiquiro	347.5 km²	13,815	39.7 / km²
La Paz	232.2 km²	43,484	187.3 / km²
Lauterique	36.7 km²	2,771	75.5 / km²
Marcala	218.4 km²	26,866	123.0 / km²
Mercedes de Oriente	39.5 km²	883	22.3 / km²
Opatoro	241.5 km²	6,886	28.5 / km²
San Antonio del Norte	75.3 km²	2,532	33.6 / km²
San José	65.9 km²	9,049	137.4 / km²
San Juan	51.5 km²	2,308	44.8 / km²
San Pedro de Tutule	47.6 km²	6,845	143.9 / km²
San Sebastian	52.8 km²	1,452	27.5 / km²
Santa Ana	208.4 km²	11,153	53.5 / km²
Santa Elena	184.1 km²	11,518	62.6 / km²
Santa Maria	104.3 km²	10,663	102.2 / km²
Santiago de Puringla	140.7 km²	15,359	109.1 / km²
Yarula	87 km²	7,444	85.6 / km²

Other places in Honduras

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Atlántida	4,379.2 km²	420,819	96.1 / km²
Bay Islands	231.5 km²	55,524	239.8 / km²
Choluteca	4,389.7 km²	412,511	94.0 / km²
Colón	8,277.8 km²	296,346	35.8 / km²
Comayagua	5,071.9 km²	485,912	95.8 / km²
Copán	3,245 km²	364,725	112.4 / km²
Cortés	4,002.6 km²	1.5 million	379.8 / km²
El Paraíso	7,363.4 km²	429,792	58.4 / km²
Francisco Morazán	8,594.1 km²	1.5 million	170.9 / km²
Gracias a Dios	17,055.7 km²	82,474	4.84 / km²
Intibucá	3,128.1 km²	222,210	71.0 / km²
Lempira	4,286.2 km²	310,704	72.5 / km²
Ocotepeque	1,636.5 km²	139,632	85.3 / km²
Olancho	24,044.9 km²	504,437	21.0 / km²
Santa Bárbara	5,016.8 km²	407,712	81.3 / km²
Valle	1,618.8 km²	165,438	102.2 / km²
Yoro	7,794.7 km²	550,276	70.6 / km²

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