United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Annual Percentage growth rate urban 1990-1995 ------------- ------------- Country or area 1996 2030 Urban Rural --------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Africa 35.5 54.3 4.4 1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Eastern Africa 23.0 42.5 5.6 1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Burundi 7.8 21.9 5.6 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Comoros 31.0 52.2 4.9 2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Djibouti 82.4 88.8 3.5 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Eritrea 17.4 35.7 3.5 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Ethiopia 15.8 35.3 5.9 2.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Kenya 29.5 54.0 6.3 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Madagascar 27.0 49.1 5.6 2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Malawi 13.8 31.8 3.3 .3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mauritius (1) 40.6 57.6 1.1 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mozambique 35.2 60.2 8.7 1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Reunion 68.3 81.4 2.8 -.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Rwanda 5.8 14.2 -4.7 -5.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Seychelles 55.3 73.4 2.9 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Somalia 26.0 45.8 3.1 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Uganda 12.8 29.5 5.7 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ United Rep. of Tanzania 25.0 48.1 6.3 2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Zambia 43.3 60.2 2.7 1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Zimbabwe 32.5 55.2 4.8 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Middle Africa 33.2 53.2 4.6 2.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Angola 31.6 53.6 5.5 2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Cameroon 45.6 66.4 4.9 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Central African Republic 39.5 58.6 3.1 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Chad 22.5 40.8 3.7 2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congo 59.3 75.7 4.8 .7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dem. Rep. of the Congo 29.0 49.1 4.4 3.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Equatorial Guinea 43.4 68.6 5.9 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Gabon 51.2 72.5 5.2 .7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sao Tome and Principe 43.7 64.2 4.2 .8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Northern Africa 48.6 67.2 3.3 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Algeria 56.4 73.6 3.9 .7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Egypt 44.8 61.8 2.3 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 85.9 92.0 4.3 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Morocco 52.6 70.9 3.4 .5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sudan 32.3 57.7 5.4 .8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Tunisia 62.7 78.4 3.3 -.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Western Sahara 93.5 98.2 4.8 -6.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Southern Africa 48.1 64.1 2.9 1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Botswana 63.2 90.7 10.0 -4.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Lesotho 24.8 48.7 6.1 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Namibia 37.0 61.6 5.5 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa 49.5 64.3 2.5 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Swaziland 32.0 56.3 6.1 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Western Africa 37.0 58.8 5.1 1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Benin 39.2 61.4 5.0 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Burkina Faso 16.4 37.0 6.0 2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Cape Verde 56.0 78.4 6.6 -1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Cote d'Ivoire 44.0 63.7 4.6 2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Gambia 29.7 52.1 6.2 2.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Ghana 36.3 56.9 4.0 2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Guinea 29.9 52.5 7.5 3.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Guinea-Bissau 22.1 41.6 3.7 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Liberia 45.5 64.7 -2.5 -4.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mali 27.5 49.8 5.6 2.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mauritania 52.7 74.4 5.8 -.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Niger 18.6 38.9 5.8 2.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Nigeria 40.5 63.5 5.4 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ St. Helena (2) 64.5 84.0 4.7 -4.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Senegal 44.3 64.4 4.1 1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sierra Leone 33.9 55.9 3.0 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Togo 31.2 52.1 4.5 2.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon. 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