Kosis Facts

Area0.1 km²
Population5
Population change (1975 to 2020)+150.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)+25.0%
Local Time
TimezoneCentral Africa Time
Lat & Lng-26.70000, 17.30000

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Kosis Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data19751990200020152020
Population23455
Population Density16 / km²24 / km²32 / km²40 / km²40 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kosis Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 25% from year 2000 to 2015

LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Kosis+150%+66.7%+25%
ǁKaras Region+155.4%+61.4%+22.4%
Namibia+169.8%+71.5%+28.5%
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kosis Population Density

Population Density: 40 / km²

LocationPopulationAreaDensity
Kosis50.125 km²40 / km²
ǁKaras Region88,856161,305.9 km²0.6 / km²
Namibia2.5 million824,094.1 km²3 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kosis Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:
  1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
  2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
  3. [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

Kosis CO2 Emissions

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

LocationCO2 EmissionsCO2 Emissions Per CapitaCO2 Emissions Intensity
Kosis14 tn2.82 tn112.7 tons/km²
ǁKaras Region287,441 tn3.23 tn1.8 tons/km²
Namibia7,056,182 tn2.84 tn8.6 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
Kosis CO2 Emissions
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)14 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita2.82 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)112.7 tons/km²

Kosis

Kosis is a settlement in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, situated approximately 120 km west of Keetmanshoop, not far from Bethanie.

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