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Shënkoll Facts

Area	51.6 km²
Population	15,222
Male Population	7,621 (50.1%)
Female Population	7,601 (49.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+2300.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+130.1%
Median Age	32.5 years (Male: 30.7, Female: 34.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$12,009 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	41.69083, 19.65333

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Shënkoll Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	634	3,852	6,614	12,430	15,222	16,898	18,068
Population Density	12.3 / km²	74.6 / km²	128.1 / km²	240.8 / km²	294.9 / km²	327.3 / km²	350 / km²

* Projected

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

Shënkoll Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 130.1% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Shënkoll	+2300.9%	+295.2%	+130.1%
Lezhë County	—	—	—
Albania	—	—	—

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

Shënkoll Median Age

Median Age: 32.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Shënkoll	32.5 yrs	34.2 yrs	30.7 yrs
Lezhë County	32.5 yrs	34.2 yrs	30.7 yrs
Albania	33.6 yrs	34.7 yrs	32.3 yrs

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

Shënkoll Population Density

Population Density: 295 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Shënkoll	15,222	51.6 km²	295 / km²
Lezhë County	133,856	1,652.7 km²	81 / 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

Shënkoll Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1950 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

Shënkoll Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,958	$4,179	$6,258	$7,412	$7,088	$8,636	$10,051	$12,009
Total GDP	$259.7K	$336.9K	$599K	$1.1M	$1.5M	$2.6M	$4.6M	$6.6M

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

Shënkoll CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Shënkoll	36,200 tn	2.38 tn	701.2 tons/km²
Lezhë County	319,565 tn	2.39 tn	193.4 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

Shënkoll CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	36,200 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.38 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	701.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (5.4)
Landslide	Medium (6)

* 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
4/23/19	8:58 AM	4.5	19.2 km	10,000 m	14km WSW of Mamurras, Albania	usgs.gov
7/5/18	2:09 AM	3.5	25.3 km	10,000 m	16km NNW of Shijak, Albania	usgs.gov
7/5/18	12:48 AM	4.2	26.5 km	11,670 m	15km NNW of Shijak, Albania	usgs.gov
7/4/18	9:08 AM	4.3	28.4 km	10,000 m	14km NNW of Shijak, Albania	usgs.gov
7/4/18	9:01 AM	5.1	27.8 km	22,000 m	8km NW of Vore, Albania	usgs.gov
2/26/18	3:04 PM	4.3	5.5 km	10,000 m	6km SSE of Lezhe, Albania	usgs.gov
3/8/14	5:32 PM	4.3	20.7 km	14,900 m	14km WSW of Mamurras, Albania	usgs.gov
3/8/14	3:12 PM	4.1	19.9 km	21,000 m	11km SW of Mamurras, Albania	usgs.gov
3/8/14	3:06 PM	4	19.8 km	14,000 m	12km WSW of Mamurras, Albania	usgs.gov
3/8/14	2:19 PM	4.2	23.8 km	11,000 m	18km WSW of Mamurras, Albania	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Shënkoll

Shënkoll (Albanian for St. Nicolas) is a village and a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lezhë. The population at the 2011 census was 13,102.

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