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Lawra Facts

Area	436.9 km²
Population	63,874
Male Population	30,768 (48.2%)
Female Population	33,106 (51.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+99.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+37.6%
Median Age	18.7 years (Male: 17.4, Female: 20.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$3,273 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	10.64215, -2.89353

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Lawra Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	31,958	42,061	46,432	50,107	63,874	66,051	68,751
Population Density	73.1 / km²	96.3 / km²	106.3 / km²	114.7 / km²	146.2 / km²	151.2 / km²	157.3 / km²

* Projected

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

Lawra Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 37.6% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Lawra	+99.9%	+51.9%	+37.6%
Ghana	—	—	—

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

Lawra Median Age

Median Age: 18.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Lawra	18.7 yrs	20.3 yrs	17.4 yrs
Ghana	20.6 yrs	21.5 yrs	19.7 yrs

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

Lawra Population Density

Population Density: 146 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Lawra	63,874	436.9 km²	146 / km²
Ghana	27.4 million	239,092.8 km²	114 / km²

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

Lawra Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 500 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

Lawra Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$1,758	$1,951	$2,036	$1,618	$1,823	$3,981	$4,794	$3,273
Total GDP	$78.2M	$91.7M	$99.7M	$83.7M	$97.8M	$219.4M	$267.3M	$185.3M

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

Lawra CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Lawra	27,159 tn	0.43 tn	62.2 tons/km²
Ghana	16,714,866 tn	0.61 tn	69.9 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

Lawra CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	27,159 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.43 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	62.2 tons/km²

Lawra

Lawra is a small town and is the capital of Lawra district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana.

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