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TABLE 12: 2008 ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER AND SANITATION (% OF HOUSEHOLDS)
Improved Water Improved Sanitation
Urban Access Total Access Urban Access Total Access
Mashreq 96 82 91 87
Maghreb 91 82 91 81
GCC 97 .. 100 ..
Southern Tier 67 56 64 38
Arab Countries 91 75 88 68
Source: WHO UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme.
TABLE 13: POPULATION RESIDING IN AGGLOMERATION AS PERCENTAGE OF URBAN POPULATION
Urban Agglomeration 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Beirut 50.3% 52.2% 52.3% 51.4% 50.5%
Mogadishu 48.1% 42.8% 41.7% 40.9% 40.1%
Dubai 37.6% 39.6% 39.9% 39.4% 38.7%
Sana'a 29.6% 30.4% 30.2% 29.7% 29.0%
Cairo 31.8% 30.0% 28.6% 27.7% 26.8%
Khartoum 32.0% 29.9% 28.9% 28.2% 27.5%
Baghdad 28.2% 28.3% 27.9% 27.3% 26.6%
Aleppo 25.3% 24.6% 24.8% 24.2% 23.7%
Riyadh 21.9% 22.5% 22.3% 21.8% 21.3%
Tripoli 23.2% 21.7% 21.1% 20.8% 20.5%
Amman 23.9% 21.7% 21.6% 21.2% 20.9%
Damascus 22.3% 20.7% 20.6% 20.1% 19.7%
Casablanca 18.6% 17.4% 16.8% 16.5% 16.1%
Jeddah 15.0% 15.0% 14.8% 14.5% 14.2%
Alexandria 12.0% 12.0% 11.8% 11.5% 11.2%
Algiers 12.1% 11.9% 11.7% 12.0% 11.3%
Homs 10.4% 10.6% 10.8% 10.7% 10.5%
Rabat 9.8% 9.6% 9.4% 9.2% 9.1%
Mecca 6.9% 6.9% 6.8% 6.7% 6.6%
Mosul 6.5% 6.9% 7.1% 7.0% 6.9%
Source: Population Division of UN DESA, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2009 Revision