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. 2021 Jan 12;21:129. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-10149-x

Table 1.

Distribution of the population figure, population density and COVID-19 confirmed cases by selected countriesa

Country Population Figure Population Density (person/km2) Total COVID-19 Confirmed Cases
Bangladesh 164,689,353 1116 149,258
Egypt 102,334,903 102.2 41,304
Cameroun 26,545,868 55.84 12,192
Nigeria 206,139,587 223.2 22,614
South Africa 59,308,689 48.65 159,333
Mexico 128,932,753 65.63 231,770
Ghana 31,072,970 130.26 18,134
Indonesia 273,523,620 143.14 54,010

Sources: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision; https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data

aAs at day 120 of the outbreak in the respective countries