TABLE A1.1: Population data

Characteristic

Measure

Country

Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Total

Land area

million km²

1.25

0.58

0.03

0.12

0.80

0.82

1.22

0.02

0.75

0.39

5.98

Total population

1991

million persons

9.9

1.3

1.7

9.7

14.0

1.4

37.1

0.8

8.3

10.5

94.7

2000

million persons

13.5

1.6

2.1

11.6

18.6

1.8

43.8

0.9

10.6

12.9

117.4

Population growth rate

percent annual (1991-2001)

3.2

2.5

2.0

1.8

2.8

2.3

1.7

1.7

2.0

1.9

2.2

Population density

person/km2

11

3

68

98

23

2

36

54

14

33

20

Urban population:

1991

million persons

2.8

0.6

0.3

1.2

3.1

0.4

18.3

0.2

3.3

3.1

33.2

2000

million persons

4.7

0.8

0.6

1.7

6.2

0.6

25.3

0.3

4.2

4.6

49.0

Rural population:

1991

million persons

7.1

0.7

1.4

8.5

10.9

1.0

18.8

0.6

5.0

7.5

61.5

2000

million persons

8.8

0.8

1.5

9.8

12.5

1.2

18.3

0.7

6.4

8.2

68.2

Rural population:

1991

percent of total population

72

56

79

88

78

73

51

76

61

71

65

2000

percent of total population

65

51

71

85

67

69

42

73

60

64

58

Agricultural population:

1991

million persons

7.3

0.6

0.7

7.9

11.0

0.8

7.1

0.3

6.1

7.1

48.9

2000

million persons

9.7

0.7

0.8

8.9

14.1

0.9

6.0

0.3

7.3

8.0

56.6

Agricultural population:

1991

percent of total population

74

46

40

82

78

56

19

38

74

68

52

2000

percent of total population

72

44

38

77

76

48

14

33

69

62

48

Agricultural population growth rate

percent annual (1991-2001)

2.8

1.5

1.3

1.2

2.5

0.8

-1.5

0.3

1.8

1.1

1.5

Non-agricultural population:

1991

million persons

2.5

0.7

1.0

1.8

3.0

0.6

30.0

0.5

2.2

3.4

45.8

2000

million persons

3.8

0.9

1.3

2.7

4.5

0.9

37.8

0.6

3.3

4.9

60.7