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Africa Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 787,733   Population 2000 (UN '000) 793,528
Area (km2) 29,611,975   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 16
Number of Administrative Units 109,172   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 7
Number of Urban Extents 2,506   Number of Settlement Points 3,981
The United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Accessibility Model, a related data-product for Africa that uses GPWv3 inputs and GRUMP urban extents, along with other information, may be downloaded directly from UNEP.

Country Summaries

Country Name
(English)		 Population 2000
(UN '000)		 Area
(km2)		 Resolution
(km)		 Admin
Units		 Population Per
Admin Unit ('000)		 Urban
Extents		 Settlement
Points
Algeria 30,291 2,302,498 219 48 634 329 151
Angola 13,134 1,251,924 264 18 1 30 8
Benin 6,272 115,828 39 78 80 36 38
Botswana 1,541 559,502 156 23 71 27 67
Burkina Faso 11,535 275,747 28 353 33 118 205
Burundi 6,356 25,227 15 114 58 15 15
Cameroon 14,876 465,765 97 49 255 104 166
Cape Verde 427 4,072 21 9 48 11 16
Central African Republic 3,717 622,868 111 51 69 33 37
Chad 7,885 1,243,139 298 14 527 38 51
Comoros 706 2,046 23 4 140 12 93
Congo 3,018 343,235 86 46 60 22 22
Congo, Democratic Republic 50,948 2,313,414 124 150 347 162 182
Djibouti 632 20,903 65 5 128 6 5
Egypt 67,884 968,071 65 230 281 77 151
Equatorial Guinea 457 27,104 62 7 127 3 15
Eritrea 3,659 121,863 57 38 94 11 9
Ethiopia 62,908 1,123,714 46 523 119 206 407
Gabon 1,230 265,146 76 46 27 20 35
Gambia 1,303 10,838 17 37 32 14 96
Ghana 19,306 231,730 46 110 172 126 175
Guinea 8,154 245,860 86 33 257 33 44
Guinea-Bissau 1,199 34,106 30 37 33 13 19
Ivory Coast 16,013 320,329 42 185 89 66 76
Kenya 30,669 579,617 9 6,624 4 72 77
Lesotho 2,035 30,582 55 10 209 10 15
Liberia 2,913 96,166 42 54 70 17 27
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5,290 1,611,363 254 25 223 33 39
Madagascar 15,970 592,965 22 1,242 12 74 98
Malawi 11,308 94,958 3 9,219 1 31 34
Mali 11,351 1,248,137 68 272 39 105 155
Mauritania 2,665 1,036,905 140 53 48 17 27
Mauritius 1,161 1,993 3 186 6 5 85
Mayotte 153 372 19 1 155 3 3
Morocco (includes Western Sahara) 29,878 669,159 107 58 508 85 78
Mozambique 18,292 777,123 44 402 42 78 78
Namibia 1,757 819,964 90 102 18 24 34
Niger 10,832 1,157,232 95 129 76 36 40
Nigeria 113,862 904,235 41 538 231 167 138
Reunion 721 2,548 50 1 719 4 24
Rwanda 7,609 24,349 13 142 55 16 16
Saint Helena 6 127 7 3 2 0 1
Sao Tome and Principe 138 1,008 22 2 72 3 11
Senegal 9,421 196,151 46 93 107 38 37
Seychelles 80 196 10 2 40 1 4
Sierra Leone 4,405 72,616 22 147 31 24 76
Somalia 8,778 634,315 93 74 110 10 8
South Africa 43,309 1,217,645 0 83,125 1 345 310
Sudan 31,095 2,492,385 171 85 358 73 71
Swaziland 925 17,410 66 4 247 5 15
Togo 4,527 57,277 52 21 216 34 43
Tunisia 9,459 147,882 80 23 416 64 114
Uganda 23,300 206,968 7 4,122 5 25 68
United Rep. of Tanzania 35,119 891,021 99 90 362 58 56
Zambia 10,421 745,317 114 57 173 38 44
Zimbabwe 12,627 389,055 82 58 196 25 27