Information on 260 Subnational Regions, by country
| Total # of Regions |
Range in Sample Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | List of Regions | Household | Female | Male | |
| Benin | 12 | Alibori, Atacora, Atlantique, Borgou, Collines, Couffo, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Quémé, Plateau, Zou | 810 – 2,252 | 862 – 2,142 | 271 – 606 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | Ouagadougou, Boucle de Mouhoun, Centre, Centre-Sud, Plateau Central, Centre-East, Centre-Nord, Centre-Ouest, Est, Nord, Cascade, Hauts Bassins, Sahel, Sud-Ouest | 266 – 718 | 351 – 1,305 | 109 – 377 |
| Burundi | 5 | Bujumbura, North, Centre-East, West, South | 912 – 2,406 | 1,212 – 2,578 | 655 – 1,030 |
| Cameroon | 12 | Adamaoua, Centre, Douala, Est, Extreme Nor, Littoral, Nord, Nord Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud Ouest, Yaounde | 749 – 1,022 | 723 – 1,097 | 406 – 512 |
| Chad | 9 | Bar Azoum, B.E.T., Centre East, Chari Baguirmi, Logone Occidental, Mayo Kebbi, Moyen Chari, Ouaddai, Est N’Djaména | 496 – 1,169 | 531 – 1,324 | 128 – 549 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 4 | Brazzaville, Pointe Noire, Sud, Nord | 1,293 – 1,648 | 1,338 – 2,165 | 645 – 976 |
| Dem. Rep. of Congo | 11 | Kinshasa, Bas-Congo, Bandundu, Equateur, Orientale, Nord-Kivu, Maniema, Sud-Kivu, Katanga, Kasai Oriental, Kasai Occident | 707 – 1,065 | 727 – 1,666 | 344 – 735 |
| Ethiopia | 11 | Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Oromiya, Somali, Ben-Gumz, SNNP, Gambela, Harari, Addis Abeba, Dire Dawa | 757 – 2,155 | 669 – 2,230 | 281 – 1,041 |
| Gabon | 5 | Libreville (Port-Gentil), North, East, West, South | 1,025 – 1,717 | 868 – 1,957 | 306 – 590 |
| Ghana | 10 | Western, Centra, Greater Accra, Volta, Eastern, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper West, Upper East | 381 – 1,069 | 352 – 927 | 300 – 785 |
| Guinea | 8 | Boké, Conakry, Faranah, Kankan, Kindia, Labé, Mamou, N’Zérékoré | 736 – 813 | 826 – 1,154 | 256 – 519 |
| Kenya | 8 | Nairobi, Central, Coast, Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western, North Eastern | 469 – 1,536 | 608 – 1,278 | 219 – 543 |
| Liberia | 6 | Monrovia, North Western, South Central, South Eastern (a), South Eastern (b), North Central | 949 – 1,457 | 765 – 1,858 | 654 – 1,428 |
| Madagascar | 6 | Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa, Toamasina, Mahajanga, Toliary, Antsiranana | 947 – 2,929 | 771 – 2,965 | 237 – 912 |
| Malawi | 3 | Northern, Central, Southern | 1,620 – 7,091 | 1,597 – 5,902 | 456 – 1,544 |
| Mali | 9 | Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso, Segou, Mopti, Tombouctou, Gao, Kidal, Bamako | 330 – 2,471 | 306 – 2,345 | 83–769 |
| Mozambique | 11 | Niassa, Cabo, Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia, Tete, Manica, Sofala, Inhambane, Gaza, Maputo Provincia, Maputo Cidade | 994 – 1,355 | 819 – 1,396 | 176 – 379 |
| Namibia | 13 | Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Kara, Kavango, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa | 354 – 692 | 433 – 1,018 | 162 – 485 |
| Niger | 8 | Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder, Niamey | 684 – 1,151 | 730 – 1,415 | 308 – 681 |
| Nigeria | 6 | North Central, North East, North West, South East, South West, South South | 1,010 – 1,576 | 3,667 – 6,366 | 1,427 – 3,358 |
| Rwanda | 12 | City of Kigali, Kigali Ngali, Gitarama, Butare, Gikongoro, Cyangugu, Kibuye, Gisenyi, Ruhengeri, Byumba, Umutara, Kibungo | 843 – 870 | 885 – 1,085 | 371 – 511 |
| Sao Tome Principe | 4 | Regiao Centro, Regiao Sul, Regiao Norte, Regaio de Principe | 600 – 1,095 | 418 – 935 | 447 – 664 |
| Senegal | 11 | Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thiés, Zuguinchor | 552 – 883 | 1,005 – 1,625 | 235 – 497 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western | 1,549 – 2,055 | 1,615 – 2,165 | 701 – 904 |
| Swaziland | 4 | HHohho, Manzini, Shiselweni, Lubombo | 967 – 1,363 | 1,083 – 1,475 | 838 – 1,186 |
| Tanzania | 26 | Dodoma, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Tanga, Morogoro, Pwani, Dar es Salam, Lindi, Mtwara, Ruvuma, Iringa, Mbeya, Singida, Tabora, Rukwa, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Kagera, Mwanza, Mara, Manyara, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar South, Town West, Pemba North, Pemba South | 362 – 389 | 324 – 537 | 80 – 135 |
| Uganda | 9 | Central 1, Central 2, Kampala, East Central, Eastern, North, West Nile, Western, Southwest | 725 – 1,866 | 726 – 1,664 | 201 – 460 |
| Zambia | 9 | Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North Western, Southern, Western | 665 – 1,003 | 672 – 940 | 560 – 962 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Matebeleland North, Matebeleland South, Midlands, Masvingo, Harare, Bulawayo | 685 – 1,269 | 630 – 1,395 | 464 – 1,032 |
Source: Demographic and Health Survey
*
Region with Smallest Household Sample Size; Region with Smallest Female Sample Size;
Region with Smallest Male Sample Size