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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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