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Total Population

Population Growth

GNP per capita

Access to
Safe Water

Access to
Sanitation

millions

average annual
growth rate (%)

$

PPP*

% of
population

% of
population

1995

2010

1980-95

1995-2010

1995

1995

1989-95

1989-95

L 111 Angola

11

16

2.9

2.8

410

1,310

32

16

L 112 Benin

5

8

3.1

2.6

370

1,760

70

22

M 113 Botswana

1

2

3.2

1.7

3,020

5,580

70

55

L 114 Burkina Faso

10

15

2.7

2.6

230

780

..

14

L 115 Burundi

6

9

2.8

2.5

160

630

58

48

L 116 Cameroon

13

20

2.8

2.9

650

2,110

41

40

L 117 Central African Republic

3

4

2.3

2.0

340

1,070

..

..

L 118 Chad

6

9

2.4

2.4

180

700

29

32

L 119 Congo, Dem. Rep.

44

..

3.2

..

120

490

25

9

L 120 Congo, Rep.

3

4

3.0

2.6

680

2,050

60

9

L 121 C�te d'Ivoire

14

19

3.6

2.2

660

1,580

82

54

L 122 Eritrea

..

..

..

..

l

..

..

..

L 123 Ethiopia

56

86

2.7

2.8

100

450

27

10

M 124 Gabon

1

2

3.0

2.3

3,490

..

67

76

L 125 Gambia, The

1

2

3.7

2.1

320

930

61

34

L 126 Ghana

17

25

3.1

2.4

390

1,990

56

42

L 127 Guinea

7

10

2.6

2.8

550

..

49

6

L 128 Guinea-Bissau

1

1

1.9

2.1

250

790

57

20

L 129 Kenya

27

37

3.2

2.2

280

1,380

49

43

M 130 Lesotho

2

3

2.5

2.1

770

1,780

57

35

L 131 Liberia

..

..

..

..

l

..

..

..

L 132 Madagascar

14

21

3.0

2.8

230

640

32

17

L 133 Malawi

10

14

3.1

2.4

170

750

54

63

L 134 Mali

10

15

2.6

3.0

250

550

44

44

L 135 Mauritania

2

3

2.6

2.3

460

1,540

72

64

M 136 Mauritius

1

1

1.0

1.0

3,380

13,210

100

100

L 137 Mozambique

16

23

1.9

2.4

80

810

28

23

M 138 Namibia

2

2

2.7

2.3

2,000

4,150

57

36

L 139 Niger

9

15

3.3

3.2

220

750

57

15

L 140 Nigeria

111

164

3.0

2.6

260

1,220

43

38

L 141 Rwanda

6

11

1.4

3.5

180

540

..

..

L 142 Senegal

8

12

2.8

2.5

600

1,780

..

..

L 143 Sierra Leone

4

6

1.7

2.7

180

580

..

..

L 144 Somalia

..

..

..

..

l

..

..

..

M 145 South Africa

41

55

2.3

1.9

3,160

5,030

..

46

L 146 Sudan

27

37

2.4

2.2

l

..

77

55

L 147 Tanzania /b

30

44

3.1

2.6

120

640

49

86

L 148 Togo

4

6

3.0

2.7

310

1,130

67

20

L 149 Uganda

19

28

2.7

2.6

240

1,470

42

60

L 150 Zambia

9

12

3.0

2.1

400

930

47

42

L 151 Zimbabwe

11

14

3.0

1.6

540

2,030

74

58

 
.. means that data are not availabe or that aggregates cannot be calculated because of missing data in the year shown.
* PPP is purchasing power parity. See glossary.
H. High-income economy.
L. Low-income economy.
M. Middle-income economy.
l. Estimated to be a low-income country.
m. Estimated to be a middle-income country.
a. References to GNP relate to GDP.



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