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Geneina Facts

Area	15.5 km²
Population	153,291
Male Population	75,830 (49.5%)
Female Population	77,461 (50.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-17.7%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-29.7%
Median Age	18.2 years (Male: 17.6, Female: 18.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$2,153 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	13.45262, 22.44725

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Geneina Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	186,210	207,684	218,043	204,916	153,291	149,483	145,055
Population Density	12,013.5 / km²	13,399 / km²	14,067.3 / km²	13,220.4 / km²	9,889.7 / km²	9,644.1 / km²	9,358.4 / km²

* Projected

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

Geneina Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 29.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Geneina	-17.7%	-26.2%	-29.7%
Sudan	—	—	—

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

Geneina Median Age

Median Age: 18.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Geneina	18.2 yrs	18.9 yrs	17.6 yrs
Sudan	18.2 yrs	18.9 yrs	17.6 yrs

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

Geneina Population Density

Population Density: 9,890 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Geneina	153,291	15.5 km²	9,890 / km²
Sudan	40.1 million	1,849,893.1 km²	21.7 / km²

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

Geneina Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 600 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

Geneina Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$1,894	$2,429	$2,943	$2,450	$2,699	$3,586	$3,438	$2,153
Total GDP	$401.3M	$473.1M	$549.4M	$439.7M	$470.2M	$595.4M	$556.5M	$347.1M

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

Geneina CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Geneina	406 tn	0 tn	26.2 tons/km²
Sudan	1,160,503 tn	0.03 tn	0.6 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

Geneina CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	406 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	26.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	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, 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.

Geneina

Geneina (sometimes Al-Junaynah) (Arabic: الجنينة‎, lit. the little garden) is the capital of West Darfur state in Sudan.

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