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Goure Facts

Area	75260.1 km²
Population	558,107
Male Population	280,777 (50.3%)
Female Population	277,330 (49.7%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+521.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+139.5%
Median Age	14 years (Male: 13.7, Female: 14.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$813 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	13.98350, 10.27035

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Goure Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	89,847	153,804	233,070	432,557	558,107	698,682	862,403
Population Density	1.2 / km²	2 / km²	3.1 / km²	5.7 / km²	7.4 / km²	9.3 / km²	11.5 / km²

* Projected

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

Goure Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 139.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Goure	+521.2%	+262.9%	+139.5%
Zinder Region	—	—	—
Niger	—	—	—

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

Goure Median Age

Median Age: 14 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Goure	14 yrs	14.3 yrs	13.7 yrs
Zinder Region	13.5 yrs	13.8 yrs	13.3 yrs
Niger	14.3 yrs	14.8 yrs	13.9 yrs

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

Goure Population Density

Population Density: 7.4 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Goure	558,107	75,260.1 km²	7.4 / km²
Zinder Region	4.2 million	145,941.8 km²	28.6 / km²
Niger	19.8 million	1,180,011.4 km²	16.8 / km²

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

Goure Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 200 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

Goure Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$763	$718	$687	$721	$678	$693	$772	$813
Total GDP	$125.9M	$144.3M	$168.9M	$215.6M	$251.4M	$320.2M	$445.2M	$515M

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

Goure CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Goure	82,427 tn	0.15 tn	1.1 tons/km²
Zinder Region	617,964 tn	0.15 tn	4.2 tons/km²
Niger	2,935,169 tn	0.15 tn	2.5 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

Goure CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	82,427 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.15 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	1.1 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (3.1)
Flood	High (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, 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.

Goure

Goure (fr. Gouré) is a town in southeastern Niger, Zinder Region, Goure Department, of which it is the seat.

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