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Virei Facts

Area	12760.8 km²
Population	43,278
Male Population	20,834 (48.1%)
Female Population	22,444 (51.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+7479.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+296.1%
Median Age	16.4 years (Male: 15.8, Female: 16.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$4,166 (2022)
Area Codes	264
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-15.71667, 12.95000

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Virei Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	571	3,807	10,926	26,387	43,278	56,935	70,484
Population Density	0 / km²	0.3 / km²	0.9 / km²	2.1 / km²	3.4 / km²	4.5 / km²	5.5 / km²

* Projected

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

Virei Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 296.1% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Virei	+7479.3%	+1036.8%	+296.1%
Namibe Province	—	—	—
Angola	—	—	—

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

Virei Median Age

Median Age: 16.4 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Virei	16.4 yrs	16.9 yrs	15.8 yrs
Namibe 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)

Virei Population Density

Population Density: 3.4 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Virei	43,278	12,760.8 km²	3.4 / km²
Namibe Province	473,482	58,004.8 km²	8.2 / 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

Virei Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 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

Virei Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,897	$3,213	$4,375	$5,586	$7,656	$8,349	$4,667	$4,166
Total GDP	$13.1M	$17.9M	$40.4M	$84.6M	$170.4M	$254.3M	$189M	$190.6M

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

Virei CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Virei	37,362 tn	0.86 tn	2.9 tons/km²
Namibe Province	408,825 tn	0.86 tn	7 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

Virei CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	37,362 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.86 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	2.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (5)
Flood	Medium (4)

* 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.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Virei

Virei is a municipality of Namibe Province, Angola. It has an area of 15,092 km2. As of 2006, the municipality of Virei had an estimated population of 9,096.

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