San Nicolas, Copán

Area of San Nicolas, Copán	75.1 km²
Population	7,290
Male Population	3,615 (49.6%)
Female Population	3,675 (50.4%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+154.4%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+26.1%
Median Age	20.9 years old
Male Median Age	20.1 years old
Female Median Age	21.7 years old
Timezone	Central Standard Time

San Nicolás is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán.. Source: Wikipedia

San Nicolas, Copán Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,866	4,547	5,780	7,290
Population Density	38.2 / km²	60.5 / km²	77.0 / km²	97.1 / km²

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

San Nicolás Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 26.1% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
San Nicolas, Copán	+154.4%	+60.3%	+26.1%
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 Nicolas, Copán Median Age

Median Age: 20.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Male)	Median Age (Female)
San Nicolas, Copán	20.9 years	20.1 years	21.7 years
Copán	20 years	19.2 years	20.7 years

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

San Nicolas, Copán Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	443	423	866
5-9	410	435	846
10-14	510	463	974
15-19	441	396	838
20-24	336	350	686
25-29	264	292	556
30-34	235	224	460
35-39	166	212	378
40-44	174	164	339
45-49	115	155	271
50-54	125	136	262
55-59	102	105	208
60-64	83	93	177
65-69	79	71	150
70-74	50	59	109
75-79	45	44	90
80-84	19	28	48
85 Plus	18	24	43

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

San Nicolas, Copán Population Density

Population Density: 97.1 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
San Nicolas, Copán	7,290	75.1 km²	97.1 / 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 Nicolas, Copán Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1830 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1900	632	n/a	n/a
1910	693	9.7%	61
1920	896	29.3%	203
1930	1,182	31.9%	286
1940	1,489	26%	307
1950	1,913	28.5%	424
1960	2,533	32.4%	620
1970	2,509	-0.9%	-24
1990	4,547	34.6%	1,019
2000	5,780	27.1%	1,233
2020	7,899	16.9%	1,059
2030	8,907	12.8%	1,008
2040	9,694	8.8%	787
2050	10,227	5.5%	533
2060	10,536	3%	309
2070	10,656	1.1%	120
2080	10,619	-0.3%	-37
2090	10,460	-1.5%	-159
2100	10,219	-2.3%	-241

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 Nicolas, Copán CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
San Nicolas, Copán	9,302 t	1.28 t	123.9 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 (7)
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 José	52 km²	6,424	123.5 / km²
San Juan de Opoa	75.2 km²	9,112	121.2 / 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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