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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Urban population

DEFINITION: Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Nigeria 63.4 million 2005
2 South Africa 27.8 million 2005
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18.47 million 2005
4 Sudan 14.78 million 2005
5 Ethiopia 11.4 million 2005
6 Ghana 10.57 million 2005
7 Tanzania 9.28 million 2005
8 Cameroon 8.91 million 2005
9 Angola 8.5 million 2005
10 Cote d'Ivoire 8.17 million 2005
11 Kenya 7.09 million 2005
12 Mozambique 6.83 million 2005
13 Madagascar 4.99 million 2005
14 Senegal 4.85 million 2005
15 Zimbabwe 4.67 million 2005
16 Mali 4.12 million 2005
17 Zambia 4.08 million 2005
18 Uganda 3.63 million 2005
19 Benin 3.38 million 2005
20 Guinea 3.1 million 2005
21 Somalia 2.9 million 2005
22 Chad 2.47 million 2005
23 Togo 2.46 million 2005
24 Burkina Faso 2.42 million 2005
25 Niger 2.34 million 2005
26 Sierra Leone 2.25 million 2005
27 Malawi 2.22 million 2005
28 Liberia 1.91 million 2005
29 Rwanda 1.74 million 2005
30 Central African Republic 1.53 million 2005
31 Mauritania 1.24 million 2005
32 Gabon 1.16 million 2005
33 Botswana 1.01 million 2005
34 Eritrea 853,863.3 2005
35 The Gambia 817,705.6 2005
36 Burundi 754,751.5 2005
37 Namibia 712,969.4 2005
38 Djibouti 682,840.2 2005
39 Mauritius 527,139.3 2005
40 Guinea-Bissau 469,557.8 2005
41 Lesotho 335,621.8 2005
42 Cape Verde 290,400.4 2005
43 Swaziland 272,571 2005
44 Comoros 222,181.1 2005
45 Equatorial Guinea 195,868.9 2005
46 Sao Tome and Principe 90,783.34 2005
47 Seychelles 44,697.55 2005

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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Urban population

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