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Pailón Facts

Area	11699.5 km²
Population	44,927
Male Population	23,322 (51.9%)
Female Population	21,605 (48.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+262.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+58.1%
Median Age	19.5 years (Male: 19.8, Female: 19.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$6,642 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Bolivia Time
Lat & Lng	-17.65000, -62.75000

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Pailón Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	12,400	20,965	28,415	41,171	44,927	49,150	53,510
Population Density	1.1 / km²	1.8 / km²	2.4 / km²	3.5 / km²	3.8 / km²	4.2 / km²	4.6 / km²

* Projected

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

Pailón Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 58.1% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Pailón	+262.3%	+114.3%	+58.1%
Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)	—	—	—
Bolivia	—	—	—

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

Pailón Median Age

Median Age: 19.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Pailón	19.5 yrs	19.2 yrs	19.8 yrs
Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)	23 yrs	23 yrs	22.9 yrs
Bolivia	23.9 yrs	24.4 yrs	23.5 yrs

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

Pailón Population Density

Population Density: 3.8 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Pailón	44,927	11,699.5 km²	3.8 / km²
Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)	2.9 million	368,985 km²	7.8 / km²
Bolivia	10.8 million	1,083,759.7 km²	9.9 / km²

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

Pailón 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.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Pailón

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

Pailón Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,458	$4,318	$4,556	$4,777	$4,471	$7,938	$6,473	$6,642
Total GDP	$83.9M	$116.5M	$135.1M	$160.2M	$170.1M	$336.3M	$291.4M	$310.1M

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

Pailón CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Pailón	73,546 tn	1.64 tn	6.3 tons/km²
Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)	4,737,538 tn	1.64 tn	12.8 tons/km²
Bolivia	16,583,283 tn	1.54 tn	15.3 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

Pailón CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	73,546 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.64 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	6.3 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2.8)

* 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. 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
12/21/15	4:21 PM	4.9	81.7 km	35,490 m	5km ESE of Jorochito, Bolivia	usgs.gov
7/18/14	8:33 AM	4.5	77.3 km	36,180 m	14km SSW of Portachuelo, Bolivia	usgs.gov
4/13/13	5:21 PM	4.6	48.3 km	39,500 m	8km NNE of Warnes, Bolivia	usgs.gov
12/15/09	4:39 PM	4.5	74.3 km	32,200 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov
5/29/06	3:22 AM	4.4	99.6 km	35,000 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov
7/19/04	2:57 AM	4.7	61.2 km	17,000 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov
1/7/04	11:01 AM	4.5	80.3 km	45,000 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov
2/23/02	10:06 PM	5.1	80.7 km	33,000 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov
9/30/01	1:09 PM	3.4	89.2 km	33,000 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov
12/5/93	6:47 AM	3.9	73.2 km	66,100 m	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Pailón

Pailón is a small town in Bolivia. It is in the second municipal section of the Chinquitos province and is 51 kilometres (32 mi) east of the city Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

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