Double-Edged Hydropolitics on the Nile - Center for Security Studies ...
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Water challenges in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Nile</strong> Basin<br />
Table 2.1: Populati<strong>on</strong> data, water withdrawal and utilizati<strong>on</strong>, and GNI <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Nile</strong> Basin countries<br />
Riparian state<br />
Total<br />
populati<strong>on</strong><br />
(1000 inhab.)<br />
Total internal renewable<br />
water resources<br />
(10^9 m3 /yr)<br />
Dependency<br />
ratio<br />
(%)<br />
Burundi 7,319² 10.1¹ 0¹ 0.3⁶<br />
DR C<strong>on</strong>go 56,079² 900.0¹ 29.9¹ 0.4⁶<br />
Egypt 74,878² 1.8¹ 96.9¹ 68.3⁶<br />
Eritrea 4,456² 2.8¹ 55.6¹ 0.6³<br />
Ethiopia 74,189² 110.0¹ 0¹ 5.6⁸<br />
Kenya 32,849² 20.2¹ 33.1¹ 1.6⁶<br />
Rwanda 8,607² 5.2¹ 0¹ 0.2⁶<br />
Sudan 35,040² 30.0¹ 76.9¹ 37.3⁶<br />
Tanzania 38,365² 84.0¹ 9.9¹ 5.2⁵<br />
Uganda 27,623² 39.0¹ 40.9¹ 0.3⁸<br />
Total water<br />
withdrawal<br />
(10^9 m3 /yr)<br />
Riparian state Irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />
potential<br />
(1000 ha)<br />
Area equipped<br />
<strong>for</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />
(1000 ha)<br />
Access to an<br />
improved<br />
water source⁹<br />
(% of popul.)<br />
Access to improved<br />
sanitati<strong>on</strong><br />
facilities⁹<br />
(% of popul.)<br />
GNI per<br />
capita<br />
(US$) 10<br />
Burundi 215¹ 21⁶ 79 36 100<br />
DR C<strong>on</strong>go 7,000¹ 46 30 120<br />
Egypt 4,420¹ 3,422⁵ 98 70 1,260<br />
Eritrea 188¹ 60 9 170<br />
Ethiopia 2,700¹ 290⁸ 22 13 160<br />
Kenya 539¹ 103⁴ 61 43 540<br />
Rwanda 165¹ 9⁶ 74 42 230<br />
Sudan 2,784¹ 1,863⁶ 70 34 640<br />
Tanzania 2,132¹ 184⁵ 62 47 340<br />
Uganda 90¹ 9⁷ 60 43 280<br />
Data source & year:<br />
Aquastat database<br />
1 2007<br />
2 2005<br />
3 2004<br />
4 2003<br />
5 2002<br />
6 2000<br />
7 1998<br />
8 no year specified<br />
WDI<br />
database<br />
9 2004<br />
10 2005<br />
Definiti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Internal Renewable Water Resources: L<strong>on</strong>g-term average annual flow of rivers and<br />
recharge of aquifers generated from endogenous precipitati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Dependency ratio: Indicator expressing <strong>the</strong> fracti<strong>on</strong> of water resources originating outside<br />
<strong>the</strong> country out of <strong>the</strong> total renewable water resources.<br />
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