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Table 2 High risk area and population by country

From: The geographic distribution of onchocerciasis in the 20 participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: (1) priority areas for ivermectin treatment

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%

  1. *Source: http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/1.1.
  2. **Source: http://esa.un.org/wpp/Excel-Data/population.htm.
  3. †Population estimated using LandScan data for the high risk areas in the country.