|
Region/country |
Land |
Population |
% population in rural areas |
Growth rate (%) |
|
|
Central Africa |
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|
|
Cameroon |
475.4 |
15 085.0 |
51.1 |
2.8 |
|
|
Central African Republic |
623.0 |
3 615.0 |
58.8 |
2.3 |
|
|
Congo, Dem. Republic of |
2 344.9 |
51 654.0 |
69.7 |
3.3 |
|
|
Congo, Republic of |
342.0 |
2 943.0 |
72.2 |
2.9 |
|
|
Gabon |
267.7 |
1 226.0 |
44.8 |
2.9 |
|
Subtotal |
4 053.0 |
74 523.0 |
65.1 |
3.1 |
|
|
East Africa |
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|
|
Burundi |
27.8 |
6 695.0 |
91.0 |
2.4 |
|
|
Djibouti |
23.2 |
638.0 |
16.8 |
4.2 |
|
|
Eritrea |
117.6 |
3 850.0 |
81.3 |
|
|
|
Ethiopia |
1 104.3 |
62 565.0 |
82.4 |
2.7 |
|
|
Kenya |
580.4 |
30 080.0 |
66.9 |
3.0 |
|
|
Rwanda |
26.3 |
7 733.0 |
93.8 |
2.0 |
|
|
Somalia |
637.7 |
10 097.0 |
72.5 |
2.8 |
|
|
Sudan |
2 505.8 |
29 490.0 |
63.9 |
2.3 |
|
|
Tanzania, United Rep. of |
945.1 |
33 517.0 |
56.2 |
3.0 |
|
|
Uganda |
241.0 |
21 778.0 |
85.8 |
2.6 |
|
Subtotal |
6 209.2 |
206 443.0 |
73.6 |
2.7 |
|
|
Southern Africa |
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|
|
Angola |
1 246.7 |
12 878.0 |
65.8 |
3.1 |
|
|
Botswana |
581.7 |
1 622.0 |
26.4 |
3.0 |
|
|
Malawi |
118.5 |
10 925.0 |
84.6 |
2.9 |
|
|
Mozambique |
801.6 |
19 680.0 |
59.8 |
2.5 |
|
|
Namibia |
824.3 |
1 726.0 |
59.2 |
2.6 |
|
|
Zambia |
752.6 |
9 169.0 |
55.5 |
2.4 |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
390.8 |
11 669.0 |
64.7 |
2.5 |
|
Subtotal |
4 716.2 |
67 669.0 |
64.4 |
2.7 |
|
|
West Africa |
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|
|
Benin |
112.6 |
6 097.0 |
57.7 |
2.9 |
|
|
Burkina Faso |
274.0 |
11 937.0 |
81.5 |
2.8 |
|
|
Chad |
1 284.0 |
7 651.0 |
76.2 |
2.7 |
|
|
Côte d’Ivoire |
322.5 |
14 786.0 |
53.5 |
3.0 |
|
|
Gambia |
11.3 |
1 305.0 |
67.5 |
3.6 |
|
|
Ghana |
238.5 |
20 212.0 |
61.6 |
3.2 |
|
|
Guinea |
245.9 |
7 430.0 |
67.2 |
2.6 |
|
|
Guinea-Bissau |
36.1 |
1 213.0 |
76.3 |
2.1 |
|
|
Liberia |
111.4 |
3 154.0 |
52.1 |
2.6 |
|
|
Mali |
1 240.2 |
11 234.0 |
70.0 |
2.5 |
|
|
Mauritania |
1 025.5 |
2 670.0 |
42.3 |
2.8 |
|
|
Niger |
1 267.0 |
10 730.0 |
79.4 |
3.3 |
|
|
Nigeria |
923.8 |
111 506.0 |
56.0 |
2.7 |
|
|
Senegal |
196.7 |
9 481.0 |
53.0 |
2.7 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
71.7 |
4 854.0 |
63.4 |
2.0 |
|
|
Togo |
56.8 |
4 629.0 |
66.7 |
2.9 |
|
Subtotal |
7 418.0 |
228 889.0 |
60.8 |
2.8 |
|
|
Sub-Saharan Africa |
22 396.4 |
577 524.0 |
66.3 |
2.8 |
|
Source: FAOSTAT (2000)
