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Maqellarë Facts

Area	85.1 km²
Population	9,067
Male Population	4,621 (51.0%)
Female Population	4,446 (49.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+72.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-27.5%
Median Age	28.4 years (Male: 26.7, Female: 30.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$12,069 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	41.58889, 20.48306
Postal Codes	8302

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Maqellarë Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	5,263	12,753	12,501	10,166	9,067	7,922	6,818
Population Density	61.8 / km²	149.8 / km²	146.9 / km²	119.4 / km²	106.5 / km²	93.1 / km²	80.1 / km²

* Projected

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

Maqellarë Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 27.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Maqellarë	+72.3%	-28.9%	-27.5%
Dibër County	—	—	—
Albania	—	—	—

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

Maqellarë Median Age

Median Age: 28.4 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Maqellarë	28.4 yrs	30.3 yrs	26.7 yrs
Dibër County	28.3 yrs	30.3 yrs	26.7 yrs
Albania	33.6 yrs	34.7 yrs	32.3 yrs

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

Maqellarë Population Density

Population Density: 107 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Maqellarë	9,067	85.1 km²	107 / km²
Dibër County	126,060	2,472.7 km²	51 / km²
Albania	2.9 million	28,671.4 km²	101 / km²

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

Maqellarë Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[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.

Source: [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

Maqellarë Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,584	$3,811	$5,340	$6,904	$6,481	$9,068	$10,383	$12,069
Total GDP	$39.1M	$41.9M	$56.1M	$66.6M	$57.1M	$73.8M	$77.5M	$86M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Maqellarë CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Maqellarë	27,216 tn	3 tn	319.7 tons/km²
Dibër County	294,851 tn	2.34 tn	119.2 tons/km²
Albania	7,341,173 tn	2.55 tn	256 tons/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

Maqellarë CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	27,216 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	319.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (7)
Landslide	Medium (7)

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

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/24/17	10:30 AM	4.5	24.8 km	10,000 m	8km NNW of Bulqize, Albania	usgs.gov
8/31/16	10:20 PM	4.4	32 km	3,470 m	13km N of Librazhd-Qender, Albania	usgs.gov
10/31/15	9:20 AM	4.3	29.6 km	4,010 m	13km SSE of Bulqize, Albania	usgs.gov
9/12/09	6:06 PM	4.4	24.4 km	18,300 m	Albania	usgs.gov
9/6/09	9:49 PM	5.5	14.2 km	3,000 m	Albania	usgs.gov
11/29/07	12:27 AM	3.2	26.5 km	100 m	Macedonia	usgs.gov
11/4/07	9:53 AM	3.4	29.3 km	0 m	Albania	usgs.gov
8/9/07	2:30 AM	3	18 km	1,500 m	Albania	usgs.gov
8/8/07	6:18 PM	4.1	20.6 km	2,500 m	Albania	usgs.gov
5/4/07	8:10 AM	3	30 km	3,100 m	Albania	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Maqellarë

Maqellarë (Macedonian: Макелара, Makelara or Маќелари, Makjelari) is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër. The population ..

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