Rafha

Area of Rafha	61,218.9 km²
Population	93,869
Male Population	49,910 (53.2%)
Female Population	43,959 (46.8%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+230%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+31.7%
Median Age	24.3 years old
Male Median Age	25.2 years old
Female Median Age	23.2 years old
Timezone	Arabian Standard Time

Rafha Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	28,448	58,817	71,289	93,869
Population Density	0.46 / km²	0.96 / km²	1.16 / km²	1.53 / km²

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

Rafha Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 31.7% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Rafha	+230%	+59.6%	+31.7%
Northern Borders	+227.8%	+61.6%	+32.3%
Saudi Arabia	+325%	+93.1%	+47.5%

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

Rafha Median Age

Median Age: 24.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
Rafha	24.3 years	25.2 years	23.2 years
Northern Borders	24.6 years	25.5 years	23.5 years

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

Rafha Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	4,602	4,330	8,933
5-9	5,167	5,077	10,245
10-14	5,016	4,751	9,767
15-19	4,981	4,753	9,735
20-24	5,003	4,746	9,750
25-29	5,486	4,826	10,312
30-34	5,372	4,177	9,550
35-39	4,347	3,235	7,582
40-44	3,211	2,407	5,618
45-49	2,302	1,813	4,116
50-54	1,537	1,263	2,800
55-59	1,081	949	2,031
60-64	744	687	1,431
65-69	589	501	1,091
70-74	307	289	596
75-79	166	154	320
80-84	0	0	0
85 Plus	0	0	0

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

Rafha Population Density

Population Density: 1.53 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Rafha	93,869	61,218.9 km²	1.53 / km²
Northern Borders	367,898	107,610.3 km²	3.42 / km²

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

Rafha Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
0	7,579	n/a	n/a
100	8,528	1.2%	94
200	9,613	1.2%	108
300	10,724	1.1%	111
400	12,019	1.1%	129
500	13,397	1.1%	137
600	15,023	1.2%	162
700	16,737	1.1%	171
800	18,451	1%	171
900	16,805	-0.9%	-164
1000	15,158	-1%	-164
1100	14,868	-0.2%	-29
1200	14,251	-0.4%	-61
1300	13,633	-0.4%	-61
1400	12,294	-1%	-133
1500	12,542	0.2%	24
1600	14,436	1.4%	189
1700	12,542	-1.4%	-189
1800	10,017	-2.2%	-252
1900	10,142	0.1%	12
1910	10,340	2%	198
1920	10,461	1.2%	121
1930	11,111	6.2%	650
1940	11,766	5.9%	655
1950	12,415	5.5%	649
1960	15,678	26.3%	3,263
1970	21,623	37.9%	5,945
1990	58,817	64.9%	18,597
2000	71,289	21.2%	12,472
2020	105,185	21.5%	16,948
2030	127,876	21.6%	22,691
2040	150,453	17.7%	22,577
2050	168,751	12.2%	18,298
2060	184,237	9.2%	15,486
2070	195,212	6%	10,975
2080	201,554	3.2%	6,342
2090	203,087	0.8%	1,533
2100	201,880	-0.6%	-1,207

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

Rafha CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Rafha	1,420,742 t	15.1 t	23.2 t/km²
Northern Borders	5,685,519 t	15.5 t	52.8 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 Rafha

Places in Rafha

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Al Khushaybi	1.187 km²	202	170.2 / km²
Al Markuz	1.106 km²	160	144.7 / km²
Al `Uwayqilah	11.1 km²	2,747	247.8 / km²
Al-Dwayed, Rafha, Saudi Arabia	0.207 km²
Al-Hijramiyah, Rafha, Saudi Arabia	0.508 km²
Ibn Suqi	0.777 km²	20	25.7 / km²
Linah	2.069 km²	588	284.2 / km²
Nisab, Rafha, Saudi Arabia	3.562 km²	4,696	1,318 / km²

Other places in Northern Borders

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Jadidat 'Ar'Ar	27,543.3 km²	219,043	7.95 / km²
Turaif, Saudi Arabia	18,848.1 km²	54,987	2.92 / km²

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