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Gakenke Facts

Area	33.1 km²
Population	21,249
Male Population	9,989 (47.0%)
Female Population	11,260 (53.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+103.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+25.9%
Median Age	19.9 years (Male: 18.9, Female: 20.8)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$978 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-1.64830, 29.79990

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Gakenke Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	10,465	16,652	16,878	19,101	21,249	21,542	21,325
Population Density	316.5 / km²	503.7 / km²	510.5 / km²	577.7 / km²	642.7 / km²	651.6 / km²	645 / km²

* Projected

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

Gakenke Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 25.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Gakenke	+103%	+27.6%	+25.9%
Northern Province, Rwanda	—	—	—
Rwanda	—	—	—

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

Gakenke Median Age

Median Age: 19.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Gakenke	19.9 yrs	20.8 yrs	18.9 yrs
Northern Province, Rwanda	18.9 yrs	19.7 yrs	18.1 yrs
Rwanda	19.2 yrs	19.8 yrs	18.5 yrs

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

Gakenke Population Density

Population Density: 643 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Gakenke	21,249	33.1 km²	643 / km²
Northern Province, Rwanda	1.8 million	3,272.5 km²	558 / km²
Rwanda	11.6 million	25,291.9 km²	459 / km²

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

Gakenke Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 800 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

Gakenke Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$503	$429	$375	$650	$661	$710	$652	$978
Total GDP	$33.5M	$19.8M	$22.2M	$38.6M	$40.5M	$44M	$40.9M	$61.2M

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

Gakenke CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Gakenke	3,783 tn	0.18 tn	114.4 tons/km²
Northern Province, Rwanda	343,055 tn	0.19 tn	104.8 tons/km²
Rwanda	2,116,974 tn	0.18 tn	83.7 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

Gakenke CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	3,783 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.18 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	114.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	Medium (4)

* 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.
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
8/5/19	9:37 AM	4.4	92.1 km	10,000 m	18km W of Ntungamo, Uganda	usgs.gov
3/25/09	5:03 AM	4	95.6 km	10,000 m	Rwanda	usgs.gov
10/5/08	12:32 AM	4	82.9 km	10,000 m	Lac Kivu region, Congo-Rwanda-Uganda	usgs.gov
10/5/08	12:02 AM	5.3	95.4 km	4,000 m	Lac Kivu region, Congo-Rwanda-Uganda	usgs.gov
11/27/06	5:49 PM	3.8	76.9 km	10,000 m	Lac Kivu region, Congo-Rwanda-Uganda	usgs.gov
4/8/06	2:22 AM	4.2	93.6 km	3,400 m	Rwanda	usgs.gov
1/30/05	9:16 PM	4.5	99.7 km	10,000 m	Lac Kivu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo	usgs.gov
8/22/03	10:06 PM	4.3	89.9 km	10,000 m	Lac Kivu region, Congo-Rwanda-Uganda	usgs.gov
3/20/03	6:15 AM	5.2	89.2 km	10,000 m	Rwanda	usgs.gov
12/13/02	1:24 PM	4.7	87.4 km	10,000 m	Lac Kivu region, Congo-Rwanda-Uganda	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

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