STATE OF THE WORLD'S CITIES 2012/2013 Prosperity

Urban Population (’000) Level of urbanization (%)
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Statistical Annex
Country 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
AFRICA
Table 5
Urban Population and Urbanization by Country, 1990-2030
Algeria 13,168 18,246 23,555 29,194 34,097 52.1 59.8 66.5 71.9 76.2
Angola 3,960 6,995 11,112 16,184 21,784 37.1 49.0 58.5 66.0 71.6
Benin 1,654 2,553 3,873 5,751 8,275 34.5 38.3 42.0 47.2 53.7
Botswana 567 917 1,209 1,506 1,769 41.9 53.2 61.1 67.6 72.7
Burkina Faso 1,218 2,083 4,184 7,523 11,958 13.8 17.8 25.7 34.4 42.8
Burundi 356 536 937 1,524 2,362 6.3 8.3 11.0 14.8 19.8
Cameroon 4,981 7,910 11,655 15,941 20,304 40.7 49.9 58.4 65.5 71.0
Cape Verde 156 235 313 394 468 44.1 53.4 61.1 67.4 72.5
Central African Republic 1,078 1,410 1,755 2,268 2,978 36.8 37.6 38.9 42.5 48.4
Chad 1,271 1,964 3,179 5,054 7,843 20.8 23.4 27.6 33.9 41.2
Comoros 122 155 195 259 356 27.9 28.1 28.2 30.8 36.5
Congo 1,329 1,770 2,335 3,118 3,883 54.3 58.3 62.1 66.3 70.9
Côte d'Ivoire 5,011 7,524 10,906 15,574 20,873 39.7 43.5 50.6 57.8 64.1
Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,299 15,168 23,887 36,834 53,382 27.8 29.8 35.2 42.0 49.2
Djibouti 424 555 670 798 956 75.7 76.0 76.2 77.6 80.2
Egypt 25,124 30,032 36,664 45,301 56,477 43.5 42.8 43.4 45.9 50.9
Equatorial Guinea 132 205 275 379 527 34.7 38.8 39.7 43.3 49.4
Eritrea 499 650 1,127 1,845 2,780 15.8 17.8 21.6 27.5 34.4
Ethiopia 6,095 9,762 14,158 20,800 31,383 12.6 14.9 16.7 19.3 23.9
Gabon 641 989 1,292 1,579 1,853 69.1 80.1 86.0 88.8 90.6
Gambia 343 639 1,018 1,449 1,943 38.3 49.1 58.1 65.0 71.0
Ghana 5,454 8,584 12,524 17,274 22,565 36.4 44.0 51.5 58.4 64.7
Guinea 1,723 2,603 3,651 5,580 8,219 28.0 31.0 35.4 41.4 48.6
Guinea-Bissau 288 387 494 678 979 28.1 29.7 30.0 32.8 38.6
Kenya 4,271 6,204 9,064 13,826 20,884 18.2 19.7 22.2 26.6 33.0
Lesotho 224 377 560 775 999 14.0 20.0 26.9 34.5 42.4
Liberia 887 1,252 1,961 2,739 3,725 40.9 44.3 47.8 52.1 57.6
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 3,305 4,083 5,098 6,181 7,060 75.7 76.4 77.9 80.3 82.9
Madagascar 2,657 4,143 6,082 8,953 13,048 23.6 27.1 30.2 34.9 41.4
Malawi 1,093 1,796 3,102 5,240 8,395 11.6 15.2 19.8 25.5 32.4
Mali 2,018 2,982 4,777 7,325 10,491 23.3 28.3 35.9 43.7 51.3
Mauritania 789 1,041 1,395 1,859 2,478 39.7 40.0 41.4 45.4 51.7
Mauritius 464 510 542 595 681 43.9 42.7 41.8 43.4 48.0
Mayotte 33 71 100 129 168 36.1 47.7 50.1 51.6 55.7
Morocco 12,005 15,375 18,859 23,158 27,157 48.4 53.3 58.2 64.0 69.2
Mozambique 2,857 5,601 8,996 13,208 18,199 21.1 30.7 38.4 46.3 53.7
Namibia 392 590 840 1,161 1,541 27.7 32.4 38.0 44.4 51.5
Niger 1,215 1,785 2,719 4,417 7,641 15.4 16.2 17.1 19.3 23.5
Nigeria 34,343 53,078 78,818 109,859 144,116 35.3 42.5 49.8 56.8 63.6
Réunion 491 650 787 891 972 81.2 89.9 94.0 95.7 96.3
Rwanda 387 1,096 1,938 2,993 4,550 5.4 13.8 18.9 22.6 28.3
Saint Helena 2 2 2 2 2 41.6 39.7 39.7 41.7 46.4
Sao Tome and Principe 51 75 103 136 173 43.6 53.4 62.2 69.0 74.0
Senegal 2,932 3,995 5,450 7,524 10,269 38.9 40.3 42.4 46.5 52.5
Seychelles 35 41 47 54 62 49.3 51.0 55.3 61.1 66.6
Sierra Leone 1,345 1,501 2,241 3,134 4,384 32.9 35.5 38.4 42.8 49.0