Morolica

Area of Morolica	275.2 km²
Population	4,670
Male Population	2,461 (52.7%)
Female Population	2,209 (47.3%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	-5.1%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-12.6%
Median Age	22.9 years old
Male Median Age	22.3 years old
Female Median Age	23.5 years old
Timezone	Central Standard Time

Morolica is a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca.

Founded in the late 19th century, Morolica was destroyed by flooding associated with Hurricane Mitch in October 1998. The current Morolica, also known as New Morolica, is located in a valley some five kilometers from the original site. Source: Wikipedia

Morolica Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	4,921	5,397	5,343	4,670
Population Density	17.9 / km²	19.6 / km²	19.4 / km²	17.0 / km²

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

Morolica Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 12.6% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Morolica	-5.1%	-13.5%	-12.6%
Choluteca	+73.7%	+27.3%	+10.5%
Honduras	+159.6%	+64.6%	+29.2%

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

Morolica Median Age

Median Age: 22.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
Morolica	22.9 years	22.3 years	23.5 years
Choluteca	21.6 years	20.6 years	22.5 years

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

Morolica Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	209	229	438
5-9	284	262	547
10-14	345	272	618
15-19	294	228	523
20-24	217	161	379
25-29	139	142	282
30-34	141	137	278
35-39	147	133	280
40-44	116	118	234
45-49	104	94	199
50-54	100	89	190
55-59	65	71	136
60-64	82	81	163
65-69	55	53	109
70-74	59	50	110
75-79	56	42	98
80-84	29	34	63
85 Plus	19	13	32

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

Morolica Population Density

Population Density: 17.0 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Morolica	4,670	275.2 km²	17.0 / km²
Choluteca	412,511	4,389.7 km²	94.0 / km²

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

Morolica Historical Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2015

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
0	245	n/a	n/a
100	306	2.2%	6
200	383	2.3%	7
300	478	2.2%	9
400	598	2.3%	12
500	747	2.2%	14
600	934	2.3%	18
700	1,167	2.3%	23
800	1,459	2.3%	29
900	1,824	2.3%	36
1000	2,280	2.3%	45
1100	2,849	2.3%	56
1200	3,562	2.3%	71
1300	4,452	2.3%	89
1400	5,565	2.3%	111
1500	6,956	2.3%	139
1600	1,988	-11.8%	-496
1700	568	-11.8%	-142
1800	558	-0.2%	-1
1900	1,548	10.7%	99
1910	1,597	3.2%	49
1920	1,690	5.8%	93
1930	2,203	30.4%	513
1940	2,696	22.4%	493
1950	3,365	24.8%	669
1960	4,396	30.6%	1,031
1970	4,362	-0.8%	-34
1990	5,397	11.2%	517
2000	5,343	-1%	-54

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

Morolica CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Morolica	6,332 t	1.36 t	23 t/km²
Choluteca	555,096 t	1.35 t	126.5 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 Choluteca

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Apacilagua	229.4 km²	8,501	37.0 / km²
Choluteca	1,074.3 km²	145,682	135.6 / km²
Concepción de María	167.5 km²	25,791	154.0 / km²
Corpus	249.1 km²	23,773	95.4 / km²
Duyure	104.7 km²	3,354	32.0 / km²
El Triunfo	303.9 km²	40,139	132.1 / km²
Marcovia	479.9 km²	42,508	88.6 / km²
Namasigue	217 km²	28,297	130.4 / km²
Orocuina	124.8 km²	16,989	136.2 / km²
Pespire	325.1 km²	22,183	68.2 / km²
San Antonio de Flores	54.7 km²	5,093	93.1 / km²
San Isidro	71.9 km²	3,461	48.2 / km²
San Jose	63.3 km²	4,109	64.9 / km²
San Marcos de Colon	577 km²	24,238	42.0 / km²
Santa Ana de Yusguare	71.9 km²	13,731	191.0 / km²

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