Former French colonies Compared by Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area

DEFINITION: SO2 emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Tunisia	1,610 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
2	Syria	710 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
3	Lebanon	600 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
4	Algeria	540 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
5	Morocco	530 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
6	Central African Republic	290 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
7	Vietnam	260 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
8	Cote d'Ivoire	200 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=9	Mauritania	180 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=9	Cambodia	180 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
11	Senegal	150 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=12	Benin	140 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=12	Haiti	140 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
14	Mozambique	130 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=15	Gabon	110 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=15	Laos	110 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
17	Chad	100 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
18	Niger	90 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=19	Cameroon	80 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=19	Burkina Faso	80 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=21	Guinea	70 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=21	Togo	70 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
=21	Mali	70 thousand metric tons/squ	2000
24	Madagascar	40 thousand metric tons/squ	2000

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