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Weragama Facts

Area	3.8 km²
Population	1,870
Male Population	931 (49.8%)
Female Population	939 (50.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+50.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+38.0%
Median Age	31.5 years (Male: 31.9, Female: 31)
Local Time
Timezone	India Standard Time
Lat & Lng	7.33333, 80.98333

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Weragama Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	1,246	1,021	1,355	1,602	1,870	1,974	1,989
Population Density	326.8 / km²	267.8 / km²	355.4 / km²	420.2 / km²	490.5 / km²	517.8 / km²	521.7 / km²

* Projected

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

Weragama Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 38% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Weragama	+50.1%	+83.2%	+38%
Sri Lanka	—	—	—

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

Weragama Median Age

Median Age: 31.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Weragama	31.5 yrs	31 yrs	31.9 yrs
Sri Lanka	30.5 yrs	31.1 yrs	29.8 yrs

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

Weragama Population Density

Population Density: 491 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Weragama	1,870	3.813 km²	491 / km²
Sri Lanka	20.5 million	66,197.2 km²	309 / km²

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

Weragama 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.

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

Weragama CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Weragama	2,095 tn	1.12 tn	549.6 tons/km²
Sri Lanka	20,947,852 tn	1.02 tn	316.4 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

Weragama CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	2,095 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.12 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	549.6 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (10)

* 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 Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

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