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Kilindi District Facts

Area	5257.6 km²
Population	386,073
Male Population	192,607 (49.9%)
Female Population	193,466 (50.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+1100.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+196.0%
Median Age	15.6 years (Male: 15.4, Female: 15.9)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$2,430 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	East Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-5.63333, 37.60000

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Kilindi District Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	32,174	77,912	130,433	289,533	386,073	491,707	614,671
Population Density	6.1 / km²	14.8 / km²	24.8 / km²	55.1 / km²	73.4 / km²	93.5 / km²	116.9 / km²

* Projected

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

Kilindi District Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 196% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kilindi District	+1100%	+395.5%	+196%
Tanga Region	—	—	—
Tanzania	—	—	—

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

Kilindi District Median Age

Median Age: 15.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Kilindi District	15.6 yrs	15.9 yrs	15.4 yrs
Tanga Region	18.1 yrs	19 yrs	17.2 yrs
Tanzania	17.7 yrs	18.2 yrs	17.1 yrs

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

Kilindi District Population Density

Population Density: 73.4 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kilindi District	386,073	5,257.6 km²	73.4 / km²
Tanga Region	2.4 million	27,889.3 km²	85.3 / km²
Tanzania	53.2 million	940,193.6 km²	56.6 / km²

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

Kilindi District Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1400 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

Kilindi District Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$1,060	$904	$653	$1,307	$1,345	$1,834	$2,203	$2,430
Total GDP	$86.5M	$96.5M	$87.9M	$224.3M	$293.5M	$520.3M	$818.6M	$1B

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

Kilindi District CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Kilindi District	103,685 tn	0.27 tn	19.7 tons/km²
Tanga Region	648,128 tn	0.27 tn	23.2 tons/km²
Tanzania	13,721,720 tn	0.26 tn	14.6 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

Kilindi District CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	103,685 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.27 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	19.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4.8)
Flood	High (8)
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, 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.
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.

Kilindi District

Kilindi is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the east by the Handeni District, to the north and west by the Kilimanjaro Region and to the south by the Morogoro Region. It split from Handeni District in 2002.

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