Mercedes de Oriente

Area of Mercedes de Oriente	39.5 km²
Population	883
Male Population	416 (47.1%)
Female Population	467 (52.9%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+24%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-3.3%
Median Age	19.2 years old
Male Median Age	17.7 years old
Female Median Age	20.5 years old
Timezone	Central Standard Time

Mercedes de Oriente Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	712	864	913	883
Population Density	18.0 / km²	21.8 / km²	23.1 / km²	22.3 / km²

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

Mercedes de Oriente Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 3.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Mercedes de Oriente	+24%	+2.2%	-3.3%
La Paz	+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

Mercedes de Oriente Median Age

Median Age: 19.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
Mercedes de Oriente	19.2 years	17.7 years	20.5 years
La Paz	19.9 years	18.9 years	20.8 years

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

Mercedes de Oriente Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	55	59	114
5-9	63	61	125
10-14	63	62	126
15-19	49	47	96
20-24	39	43	82
25-29	21	29	51
30-34	18	19	38
35-39	17	28	46
40-44	17	28	46
45-49	11	15	27
50-54	19	18	38
55-59	6	15	22
60-64	14	9	23
65-69	7	12	20
70-74	6	6	12
75-79	6	5	12
80-84	3	4	7
85 Plus	1	5	7

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

Mercedes de Oriente Population Density

Population Density: 22.3 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Mercedes de Oriente	883	39.5 km²	22.3 / km²
La Paz	191,270	2,588.8 km²	73.9 / km²

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

Mercedes de Oriente Historical Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
0	30	n/a	n/a
100	37	2.1%	0
200	46	2.2%	0
300	57	2.2%	1
400	72	2.4%	1
500	90	2.3%	1
600	112	2.2%	2
700	140	2.3%	2
800	174	2.2%	3
900	218	2.3%	4
1000	272	2.2%	5
1100	340	2.3%	6
1200	425	2.3%	8
1300	531	2.3%	10
1400	664	2.3%	13
1500	830	2.3%	16
1600	237	-11.8%	-59
1700	68	-11.7%	-16
1800	83	2%	1
1900	286	13.2%	20
1910	302	5.6%	16
1920	333	10.3%	31
1930	394	18.3%	61
1940	512	29.9%	118
1950	531	3.7%	19
1960	612	15.3%	81
1970	642	4.9%	30
1990	864	16%	111
2000	913	5.7%	49

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

Mercedes de Oriente CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Mercedes de Oriente	1,186 t	1.34 t	30 t/km²
La Paz	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

Other 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
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

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