Table 7.
Population living in cardiovascular deserts based on degrees of desertification.
| High Degree of Desertification |
Medium Degree of Desertification |
Low Degree of Desertification |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | No. of Inhabitants |
% of the Total Population | No. of Inhabitants |
% of the Total Population | No. of Inhabitants |
% of the Total Population |
| centre | 300,663 | 1.6 | 260,365 | 1.4 | 557,849 | 2.9 |
| north-east | 575,394 | 3.0 | 788,176 | 4.2 | 1,727,626 | 9.1 |
| north-west | 243,366 | 1.3 | 502,418 | 2.6 | 7,761,661 | 40.9 |
| south | 634,863 | 3.3 | 677,556 | 3.6 | 1,357,587 | 7.2 |
| south-east | 304,150 | 1.6 | 334,459 | 1.8 | 721,254 | 3.8 |
| west | 602,213 | 3.2 | 610,526 | 3.2 | 115,259 | 0.6 |