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. 2019 Aug 21;4(4):e001552. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001552

Table 1.

Country data and statistics in 2016 (unless otherwise stated)

Kenya Malawi Nigeria Tanzania
Total area (km2)43 580 367 118 484 923 768 947 300
% land area43 98 79 99 94
National population (million)43* 47 18 181 54
% urban population43* 26 16 48 32
Gini Index44 48 44 49 38
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity (current US$)43* 3020 1159 6039 2653
Health expenditure per capita, purchasing power parity (current US$)43 157 108 215 97
 % out-of-pocket 33 11 72 26
 % external 18 54 10 37
% birth registration coverage45 67 67 30 26
Number of hospital beds per 10 000 population45 14 13 5 7
% population >2 hour travel time to public emergency hospital care30 7 7 8 25

*Data from 2015.

†Data from 2013.

GDP, gross domestic product.