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. 2014 Dec 27;63(1):1–9. doi: 10.1111/zph.12171

Table 1.

Population and density per square kilometre of Camelidae in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and African countries with over 1 million Camelidae

Country Number of animals Density per square 100 km Number of camels per 1000 inhabitants
Arabian Peninsula
Bahrain 2001 263.3 2.7
Jordan 13 501 15.1 2.1
Kuwait 35 398 18.6 12.7
Oman 131 642 42.5 37.4
Qatar 61 760 532 63.7
Saudi Arabia 213 321 9.9 7
United Arab Emirates 363 807 435.2 131.7
Yemen 370 871 70.2 15.1
African continent
Chad 1 531 896 119.3 135.5
Ethiopia 2 245 582 203.3 29.9
Kenya 2 985 154 514.4 88.7
Mauritania 1 379 418 133.8 387.3
Niger 1 676 319 132.3 126.8
Somalia 6 200 001 972.3 624.9
Sudan 4 751 001 188.3 104.5

World Health Organisation for Animal Health. World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID), Animal population, Camelidae, 2011–2013, Available from http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Countryinformation/Animalpopulation.

Surface area and human population: World Bank, 2009–2013. http://data.worldbank.org/.

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