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. 2014 Jul 22;7:325. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-325

Table 2.

High risk area and population by country

Country Surface* (1000 km2) Population** (1000) Population per km2 in CDTi areas High risk area
Surface (1000 km2) % of country surface Population (1000) % of country population
Angola
1,247
19,082
3.8
262.3
21.0%
985
5.2%
Burundi
28
8,383
341.0
3.4
12.3%
1,166
13.9%
Cameroon
475
19,599
24.2
249.5
52.5%
6,027
30.8%
CAR
623
4,401
5.2
328.1
52.7%
1,693
38.5%
Chad
1,284
11,227
21.6
93.7
7.3%
2,024
18.0%
Congo
342
4,043
34.8
20.9
6.1%
727
18.0%
DRC
2,345
65,966
22.1
1,247.3
53.2%
27,573
41.8%
Eq. Guinea
28
700
22.0
1.1
3.8%
87
12.4%
Ethiopia
1,104
82,950
46.7
177.1
16.0%
8,271
10.0%
Gabon†
268
1,505
3.8
0.7
0.3%
3
0.2%
Kenya
584
40,513
NA
0.0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Liberia
96
3,994
30.2
63.1
65.5%
1,904
47.7%
Malawi
118
14,901
237.4
7.2
6.1%
1,713
11.5%
Mozambique†
799
23,391
18.0
2.6
0.3%
46
0.2%
Nigeria
924
158,423
65.3
400.2
43.3%
26,120
16.5%
Rwanda
25
10,624
NA
0.0
0.0%
0
0.0%
South Sudan
644
10,693
13.8
312.5
48.5%
4,313
40.3%
Sudan
1,861
35,048
14.6
0.6
0.0%
9
0.0%
Tanzania
947
44,841
19.4
91.9
9.7%
1,783
4.0%
Uganda
242
33,425
56.4
25.5
10.6%
1,437
4.3%
Total 13,986 593,709 27.1 3,288 23.5% 85,881 14.5%

*Source: http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/1.1.

**Source: http://esa.un.org/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm.

†Population estimated using LandScan data for the high risk areas in the country.