San José de Copán

Area of San José de Copán	52 km²
Population	6,424
Male Population	3,223 (50.2%)
Female Population	3,201 (49.8%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+173.7%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+33.3%
Median Age	22.1 years old
Male Median Age	21.1 years old
Female Median Age	23.1 years old
Timezone	Central Standard Time

San José de Copán Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,347	3,692	4,819	6,424
Population Density	45.1 / km²	71.0 / km²	92.6 / km²	123.5 / km²

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

San José Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 33.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
San José de Copán	+173.7%	+74%	+33.3%
Copán	+168.2%	+68.8%	+31.1%
Honduras	+159.6%	+64.6%	+29.2%

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

San José de Copán Median Age

Median Age: 22.1 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
San José de Copán	22.1 years	21.1 years	23.1 years
Copán	20 years	19.2 years	20.7 years

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

San José de Copán Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	335	323	658
5-9	388	356	745
10-14	434	390	825
15-19	397	357	754
20-24	265	281	546
25-29	220	244	465
30-34	219	214	433
35-39	172	189	361
40-44	140	180	320
45-49	135	119	255
50-54	108	126	234
55-59	92	108	201
60-64	91	94	185
65-69	75	62	138
70-74	51	56	108
75-79	42	46	88
80-84	27	26	53
85 Plus	33	30	64

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

San José de Copán Population Density

Population Density: 123.5 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
San José de Copán	6,424	52 km²	123.5 / km²
Copán	364,725	3,245 km²	112.4 / km²

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

San José de Copán Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1760 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1800	151	n/a	n/a
1900	612	15%	46
1910	655	7%	43
1920	803	22.6%	148
1930	1,023	27.4%	220
1940	1,261	23.3%	238
1950	1,579	25.2%	318
1960	2,052	30%	473
1970	2,161	5.3%	109
1990	3,692	30.7%	765
2000	4,819	30.5%	1,127
2020	6,958	20.2%	1,069
2030	7,820	12.4%	862
2040	8,471	8.3%	651
2050	8,887	4.9%	416
2060	9,101	2.4%	214
2070	9,150	0.5%	49
2080	9,064	-0.9%	-86
2090	8,877	-2.1%	-187
2100	8,624	-2.9%	-253

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

San José de Copán CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
San José de Copán	8,206 t	1.28 t	157.7 t/km²
Copán	466,738 t	1.28 t	143.8 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

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Landslide	High (8)
Flood	High (8)
Earthquake	High (7)

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

Other places in Copán

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Cabanas	128 km²	13,671	106.8 / km²
Concepcion	73 km²	7,378	101.0 / km²
Copán Ruinas	361.9 km²	38,951	107.6 / km²
Corquín	138.7 km²	15,806	114.0 / km²
Cucuyagua	136.1 km²	15,722	115.5 / km²
Dolores	47.6 km²	6,140	129.0 / km²
Dulce Nombre	28.4 km²	5,470	192.9 / km²
El Paraiso	259.1 km²	18,930	73.1 / km²
Florida	344.3 km²	27,475	79.8 / km²
La Jigua	112.9 km²	8,308	73.6 / km²
La Union	218.2 km²	15,785	72.3 / km²
Nueva Arcadia	147.6 km²	39,763	269.4 / km²
San Agustín	69.5 km²	5,529	79.6 / km²
San Antonio	118.6 km²	9,020	76.0 / km²
San Jerónimo	70.4 km²	4,906	69.7 / km²
San Juan de Opoa	75.2 km²	9,112	121.2 / km²
San Nicolás	75.1 km²	7,290	97.1 / km²
San Pedro de Copan	60.1 km²	8,398	139.7 / km²
Santa Rita	314 km²	28,774	91.6 / km²
Santa Rosa de Copán	306.2 km²	61,818	201.9 / km²
Trinidad de Copán	74.4 km²	6,964	93.6 / km²
Veracruz	33.7 km²	3,103	91.9 / km²

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