Population and migration
characteristics of Africa: 1990 and 2000 |
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| Country |
Estimated
total population at mid-year (thousands) |
Estimated
number of international migrants at mid-year, both sexes (thousands) |
International
migrants as percentage of the total population |
|
|
|
|
| 1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
| AFRICA |
622,443 |
795,671 |
16,221 |
16,277 |
2.61 |
2.05 |
-1,896 |
-1,698 |
-1 |
0 |
| Eastern Africa |
194,849 |
252,515 |
6,087 |
4,515 |
3.12 |
1.79 |
-1,619 |
1,426 |
-2 |
1 |
| Burundi |
5,609 |
6,267 |
333 |
77 |
5.94 |
1.23 |
-250 |
-400 |
-9 |
-13 |
| Comoros |
527 |
705 |
17 |
18 |
3.16 |
2.61 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Djibouti |
528 |
666 |
59 |
28 |
11.14 |
4.22 |
-30 |
20 |
-11 |
7 |
| Eritrea |
3,103 |
3,712 |
12 |
13 |
0.39 |
0.35 |
-354 |
-4 |
-22 |
-- |
| Ethiopia |
48,856 |
65,590 |
1,153 |
660 |
2.36 |
1.01 |
888 |
-47 |
3 |
-- |
| Kenya |
23,585 |
30,549 |
146 |
327 |
0.62 |
1.07 |
222 |
-21 |
2 |
-- |
| Madagascar |
11,956 |
15,970 |
58 |
61 |
0.49 |
0.38 |
-6 |
-3 |
-- |
-- |
| Malawi |
9,456 |
11,370 |
1,157 |
280 |
12.23 |
2.46 |
-835 |
-50 |
-17 |
-1 |
| Mauritius1 |
1,057 |
1,186 |
9 |
8 |
0.83 |
0.66 |
-7 |
-2 |
-1 |
-- |
| Mozambique |
13,465 |
17,861 |
122 |
366 |
0.91 |
2.05 |
720 |
85 |
10 |
1 |
| Réunion |
604 |
723 |
59 |
106 |
9.75 |
14.66 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
| Rwanda |
6,775 |
7,724 |
73 |
89 |
1.07 |
1.15 |
-1,714 |
1,977 |
-58 |
61 |
| Seychelles |
71 |
79 |
4 |
5 |
5.38 |
5.74 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Somalia |
7,163 |
8,720 |
634 |
22 |
8.85 |
0.25 |
-793 |
69 |
-21.86 |
1.71 |
| Uganda |
17,359 |
23,487 |
550 |
529 |
3.17 |
2.25 |
135 |
-66 |
1.44 |
-0.60 |
| Tanzania |
26,068 |
34,837 |
574 |
893 |
2.20 |
2.56 |
591 |
-206 |
4.16 |
-1.25 |
| Zambia |
8,200 |
10,419 |
323 |
377 |
3.94 |
3.62 |
-7 |
86 |
-0.16 |
1.74 |
| Zimbabwe |
10,467 |
12,650 |
804 |
656 |
7.68 |
5.18 |
-182 |
-15 |
-3.28 |
-0.25 |
| Middle Africa |
71,053 |
92,960 |
1,464 |
1,490 |
2.06 |
1.60 |
1,432 |
-1,443 |
3.71 |
-3.27 |
| Angola |
9,340 |
12,386 |
34 |
46 |
0.36 |
0.37 |
143 |
-120 |
2.83 |
-2.07 |
| Cameroon |
11,661 |
15,117 |
174 |
150 |
1.49 |
0.99 |
-5 |
-- |
-0.08 |
-- |
| Central African Republic |
2,943 |
3,715 |
56 |
59 |
1.90 |
1.58 |
37 |
11 |
2.38 |
0.64 |
| Chad |
5,822 |
7,861 |
17 |
41 |
0.29 |
0.52 |
20 |
99 |
0.63 |
2.73 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) |
2,494 |
3,447 |
108 |
197 |
4.32 |
5.71 |
14 |
42 |
1.05 |
2.60 |
| DR Congo (Kinshasa) |
37,370 |
48,571 |
938 |
739 |
2.51 |
1.52 |
1,205 |
-1,487 |
5.90 |
-6.40 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
354 |
456 |
3 |
1 |
0.77 |
0.31 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gabon |
953 |
1,258 |
128 |
250 |
13.40 |
19.84 |
20 |
14 |
3.88 |
2.43 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
116 |
149 |
7 |
7 |
6.01 |
4.91 |
-2 |
-2 |
-3.24 |
-2.86 |
| Northern Africa |
142,995 |
173,615 |
2,336 |
1,945 |
1.63 |
1.12 |
-1,108 |
-1,146 |
-1.47 |
-1.38 |
| Algeria |
25,017 |
30,245 |
274 |
250 |
1.10 |
0.83 |
-150 |
-260 |
-1.13 |
-1.79 |
| Egypt |
55,768 |
67,784 |
176 |
169 |
0.31 |
0.25 |
-600 |
-450 |
-2.04 |
-1.39 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
4,306 |
5,237 |
457 |
570 |
10.63 |
10.88 |
-17 |
10 |
-0.74 |
0.40 |
| Morocco |
24,564 |
29,108 |
41 |
26 |
0.17 |
0.09 |
-203 |
-220 |
-1.58 |
-1.57 |
| Sudan |
24,927 |
31,437 |
1,261 |
780 |
5.06 |
2.48 |
-108 |
-197 |
-0.82 |
-1.32 |
| Tunisia |
8,207 |
9,519 |
38 |
38 |
0.46 |
0.40 |
-43 |
-39 |
-1.00 |
-0.84 |
| Western Sahara |
207 |
285 |
88 |
113 |
42.48 |
39.63 |
13 |
10 |
11.46 |
7.52 |
| Southern Africa |
42,028 |
50,448 |
1,451 |
1,544 |
3.45 |
3.06 |
56 |
-63 |
0.25 |
-0.26 |
| Botswana |
1,354 |
1,725 |
27 |
52 |
2.03 |
3.01 |
-7 |
-7 |
-1.01 |
-0.86 |
| Lesotho |
1,570 |
1,785 |
7 |
6 |
0.45 |
0.31 |
-60 |
-36 |
-7.37 |
-4.15 |
| Namibia |
1,409 |
1,894 |
119 |
143 |
8.46 |
7.53 |
3 |
20 |
0.46 |
2.27 |
| South Africa |
36,848 |
44,000 |
1,225 |
1,303 |
3.32 |
2.96 |
157 |
-35 |
0.81 |
-0.16 |
| Swaziland |
847 |
1,044 |
73 |
42 |
8.57 |
3.97 |
-37 |
-5 |
-8.37 |
-1.09 |
| Western Africa |
171,517 |
226,133 |
4,884 |
6,782 |
2.85 |
3.00 |
-656 |
-472 |
-0.71 |
-0.45 |
| Benin |
4,650 |
6,222 |
75 |
101 |
1.62 |
1.62 |
46 |
-93 |
1.84 |
-3.20 |
| Burkina Faso |
8,921 |
11,905 |
438 |
1,124 |
4.91 |
9.44 |
-128 |
-128 |
-2.66 |
-2.30 |
| Cape Verde |
349 |
436 |
9 |
10 |
2.56 |
2.38 |
-9 |
-5 |
-4.65 |
-2.42 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
12,505 |
15,827 |
1,953 |
2,336 |
15.62 |
14.76 |
200 |
60 |
2.98 |
0.80 |
| Gambia |
936 |
1,312 |
118 |
185 |
12.62 |
14.11 |
45 |
45 |
8.78 |
7.42 |
| Ghana |
15,277 |
19,593 |
507 |
614 |
3.32 |
3.13 |
40 |
-110 |
0.49 |
-1.19 |
| Guinea |
6,122 |
8,117 |
407 |
741 |
6.65 |
9.13 |
350 |
-277 |
10.41 |
-7.18 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,016 |
1,367 |
14 |
19 |
1.37 |
1.41 |
20 |
-11 |
3.63 |
-1.68 |
| Liberia |
2,135 |
2,943 |
81 |
160 |
3.79 |
5.42 |
-283 |
455 |
-26.51 |
35.89 |
| Mali |
9,046 |
11,904 |
60 |
48 |
0.66 |
0.40 |
-260 |
-284 |
-5.37 |
-5.10 |
| Mauritania |
2,030 |
2,645 |
94 |
63 |
4.62 |
2.36 |
-15 |
10 |
-1.36 |
0.80 |
| Niger |
7,650 |
10,742 |
114 |
119 |
1.49 |
1.11 |
5 |
-6 |
0.12 |
-0.12 |
| Nigeria |
86,018 |
114,746 |
447 |
751 |
0.52 |
0.65 |
-96 |
-95 |
-0.21 |
-0.18 |
| Saint Helena2 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
10.71 |
18.91 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Senegal |
7,345 |
9,393 |
293 |
284 |
3.99 |
3.02 |
-70 |
-50 |
-1.79 |
-1.13 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,054 |
4,415 |
112 |
47 |
2.76 |
1.06 |
-380 |
-110 |
-18.68 |
-5.19 |
| Togo |
3,455 |
4,562 |
162 |
179 |
4.69 |
3.92 |
-122 |
128 |
-6.67 |
6.06 |
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-- Figure is zero or rounds to 0.0.
Notes:
1) Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint
Brandon.
2) Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
Source: Population Division, Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, United Nations (2004) Trends
in Total Migrant Stock: The 2003 Revision. United Nations: New York, 2004. More data
are available at: www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migstock/2003TrendsMigstock.pdf.
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