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Bisira Facts

Area	179.6 km²
Population	4,523
Male Population	2,216 (49.0%)
Female Population	2,307 (51.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+393.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+81.8%
Median Age	14.6 years (Male: 14.3, Female: 15)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$7,238 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern Standard Time
Lat & Lng	8.89553, -81.85352

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Bisira Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	916	1,702	2,488	4,167	4,523	5,005	5,394
Population Density	5.1 / km²	9.5 / km²	13.9 / km²	23.2 / km²	25.2 / km²	27.9 / km²	30 / km²

* Projected

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

Bisira Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 81.8% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Bisira	+393.8%	+165.7%	+81.8%
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca	—	—	—
Panama	—	—	—

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

Bisira Median Age

Median Age: 14.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Bisira	14.6 yrs	15 yrs	14.3 yrs
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca	14.6 yrs	15.3 yrs	14 yrs
Panama	27.4 yrs	27.7 yrs	27.1 yrs

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

Bisira Population Density

Population Density: 25.2 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Bisira	4,523	179.6 km²	25.2 / km²
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca	192,903	6,801 km²	28.4 / km²
Panama	3.8 million	75,430.4 km²	50.9 / km²

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

Bisira Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1880 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

Bisira Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$4,216	$7,855	$7,818	$5,738	$8,487	$7,012	$6,268	$7,238
Total GDP	$3M	$6M	$6.4M	$5.5M	$9.2M	$8.1M	$7.2M	$8.5M

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

Bisira CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Bisira	7,711 tn	1.7 tn	42.9 tons/km²
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca	556,541 tn	2.89 tn	81.8 tons/km²
Panama	14,498,748 tn	3.78 tn	192.2 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

Bisira CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	7,711 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.7 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	42.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (7)
Landslide	Medium (6)

* 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 Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
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
7/29/19	4:43 AM	4.7	85.9 km	10,000 m	47km NNE of Isla Bastimentos, Panama	usgs.gov
10/31/18	7:47 PM	3.4	70 km	10,000 m	9km ENE of Cerro Punta, Panama	usgs.gov
4/3/17	8:25 PM	4.1	79 km	17,920 m	5km N of Cerro Punta, Panama	usgs.gov
4/2/17	11:54 PM	5.3	67.3 km	10,000 m	18km NE of Cerro Punta, Panama	usgs.gov
3/1/17	1:28 AM	3	62.8 km	20,290 m	7km N of Boquete, Panama	usgs.gov
10/14/14	3:59 PM	4.3	74.9 km	10,000 m	14km NNE of Cerro Punta, Panama	usgs.gov
5/29/13	1:39 AM	4.3	85.7 km	22,500 m	1km W of Alanje, Panama	usgs.gov
3/12/13	1:41 PM	4.3	58.6 km	10,000 m	8km ESE of Boquete, Panama	usgs.gov
6/6/12	2:23 PM	4.6	87.8 km	39,900 m	Panama-Costa Rica border region	usgs.gov
3/27/11	2:47 AM	4	82.9 km	42,300 m	Panama-Costa Rica border region	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Bisira

Bisira is a town in the Ngöbe Buglé Comarca of Panama.

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