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Lucapa Facts

Area	15715.1 km²
Population	178,579
Male Population	95,642 (53.6%)
Female Population	82,937 (46.4%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+1550.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+112.5%
Median Age	16.3 years (Male: 15.8, Female: 16.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$3,892 (2022)
Area Codes	252
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-8.41915, 20.74466

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Lucapa Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	10,822	41,409	84,022	135,073	178,579	199,075	211,092
Population Density	0.7 / km²	2.6 / km²	5.3 / km²	8.6 / km²	11.4 / km²	12.7 / km²	13.4 / km²

* Projected

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

Lucapa Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 112.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Lucapa	+1550.1%	+331.3%	+112.5%
Lunda Norte Province	—	—	—
Angola	—	—	—

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

Lucapa Median Age

Median Age: 16.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Lucapa	16.3 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs
Lunda Norte Province	16.4 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs
Angola	16.4 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs

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

Lucapa Population Density

Population Density: 11.4 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Lucapa	178,579	15,715.1 km²	11.4 / km²
Lunda Norte Province	791,366	107,829.6 km²	7.3 / km²
Angola	24.8 million	1,247,144.5 km²	19.9 / km²

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

Lucapa Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1930 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

Lucapa Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,639	$4,178	$5,652	$9,090	$8,671	$6,285	$4,090	$3,892
Total GDP	$154M	$264.9M	$512M	$1.1B	$1.3B	$1.1B	$752M	$743.8M

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

Lucapa CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Lucapa	154,168 tn	0.86 tn	9.8 tons/km²
Lunda Norte Province	682,085 tn	0.86 tn	6.3 tons/km²
Angola	21,454,743 tn	0.86 tn	17.2 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

Lucapa CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	154,168 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.86 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	9.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (3.3)

* 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 International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
8/9/07	4:07 PM	4.2	75.5 km	10,000 m	Angola	usgs.gov
8/6/99	5:22 PM	4.6	88.5 km	10,000 m	Angola	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Lucapa

is a town located in eastern Angola, and the former capital of Lunda Norte Province. population is difficult to estimate as it has changed greatly over the last 15 years due to internal displacement caused by civil war and the subsequent resettlem..

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