United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Population (thousands) ------------------------------------- Urban Rural ----------------- ----------------- Country or area 1996 2030 1996 2030 --------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Africa 262308 863529 476422 725380 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern Africa 52347 225371 175295 304511 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Burundi 485 2934 5736 10494 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Comoros 196 763 436 699 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Djibouti 509 1084 109 137 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eritrea 571 2508 2709 4511 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethiopia 9227 54209 49016 99389 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenya 8198 28938 19601 24693 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Madagascar 4148 18743 11205 19436 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Malawi 1361 7192 8484 15409 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauritius (1) 458 880 671 649 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mozambique 6257 23548 11539 15591 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Reunion 454 764 210 174 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rwanda 312 1956 5086 11851 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Seychelles 41 72 33 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Somalia 2552 12157 7270 14391 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Uganda 2600 14764 17655 35290 ------------------------------------------------------------------- United Rep. of Tanzania 7681 32992 23118 35579 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Zambia 3582 10521 4693 6969 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Zimbabwe 3715 11345 7724 9222 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Middle Africa 28448 111364 57288 97925 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Angola 3536 15298 7649 13260 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameroon 6183 20950 7377 10588 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Central African Republic 1321 3816 2023 2698 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Chad 1467 5655 5049 8211 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Congo 1583 4855 1086 1560 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dem. Rep. of the Congo 13556 58370 33257 60615 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Equatorial Guinea 178 600 232 275 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabon 566 1674 540 634 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sao Tome and Principe 59 147 76 82 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Africa 78414 182196 82958 89047 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Algeria 16240 36938 12543 13274 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Egypt 28370 62226 34901 38390 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 4804 13159 789 1142 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Morocco 14202 29685 12820 12172 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sudan 8818 28617 18473 21002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tunisia 5741 11108 3415 3060 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Sahara 239 463 17 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern Africa 23296 56334 25115 31608 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Botswana 937 2474 547 253 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesotho 515 2141 1564 2254 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Namibia 582 2012 992 1254 ------------------------------------------------------------------- South Africa 20980 48700 21413 27065 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Swaziland 282 1007 599 781 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Africa 79803 288264 135766 202290 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Benin 2178 8350 3385 5247 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Burkina Faso 1765 9686 9014 16471 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cape Verde 222 568 174 156 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cote d'Ivoire 6172 16491 7843 9381 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gambia 339 1109 802 1021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ghana 6481 22544 11351 17096 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Guinea 2245 8926 5273 8091 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Guinea-Bissau 241 869 850 1221 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberia 1026 4764 1219 2600 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mali 3058 13626 8077 13736 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauritania 1228 3588 1105 1232 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Niger 1765 9794 7700 15364 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigeria 46525 166034 68495 95554 ------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Helena (2) 4 7 2 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Senegal 3783 11871 4749 6548 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sierra Leone 1459 5000 2838 3944 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Togo 1310 5037 2890 4627 ------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon. (2) Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997