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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algéria | 3.262 | 3.239 | 3.585 | 3.188 | 3.464 | 3.533 | 2.173 | 4.888 | 3.750 | 3.014 | 4.176 | 4.028 | 6.720 |
| Djibuti | 213 | ||||||||||||
| Egito | 6.363 | 6.206 | 7.781 | 7.586 | 7.275 | 7.489 | 7.870 | 7.824 | 8.002 | 7.302 | 8.316 | 8.226 | |
| Marrocos | 3.815 | 4.763 | 4.823 | 5.013 | 4.970 | 5.085 | 5.051 | 5.077 | 4.998 | 5.571 | 5.415 | 5.785 | 5.451 |
| Tunísia | 1.117 | 2.494 | 2.912 | 2.231 | 2.261 | 2.355 | 3.249 | 3.129 | 3.314 | 3.247 | |||
| Angola | 2.019 | 1.622 | 1.763 | 1.729 | |||||||||
| Botsuana | 1.283 | 1.479 | 1.363 | 1.465 | 1.545 | 1.440 | 1.466 | 1.382 | 1.326 | ||||
| Burundi | 87 | ||||||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 254 | 162 | 211 | 193 | |||||||||
| Etiópia | 289 | 313 | 363 | 600 | 960 | 2.800 | 2.931 | 983 | 1.177 | 1.087 | 485 | ||
| Gana | 232 | 2.582 | 2.702 | 2.426 | 2.591 | ||||||||
| Quênia | 1.978 | 2.136 | 2.378 | 2.759 | 2.546 | 2.824 | 3.112 | 3.302 | |||||
| Lesoto | 1.121 | ||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 408 | 419 | 1.032 | 1.029 | 1.140 | 1.096 | 1.146 | 1.181 | 1.284 | 1.204 | 1.465 | 1.294 | |
| Malaui | 284 | 618 | 335 | 1.834 | 798 | 755 | 649 | 666 | 836 | 668 | |||
| Maurício | 302 | 1.058 | 997 | 971 | 1.000 | 1.058 | 1.218 | 1.057 | 1.008 | 1.066 | |||
| Moçambique | 2.736 | 1.602 | 1.772 | 2.007 | 2.043 | 2.048 | 2.380 | 2.574 | 2.133 | 2.022 | 2.033 | 2.201 | |
| Namíbia | 2.048 | 2.220 | 2.007 | 2.198 | 2.430 | 2.358 | 2.141 | 1.904 | 2.800 | ||||
| Nigéria | 614 | 8.322 | 9.504 | 7.317 | |||||||||
| Ruanda | 69 | 124 | 187 | 408 | 1.122 | 1.092 | 1.036 | 1.338 | 1.404 | 1.325 | |||
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 203 | 468 | 504 | 552 | 491 | 588 | 654 | 688 | 692 | 721 | 606 | ||
| Seicheles | 195 | 511 | 479 | 690 | 540 | ||||||||
| Serra Leoa | 907 | 934 | 895 | 1.045 | 1.152 | 1.493 | 1.126 | ||||||
| África do Sul | 3.345 | 12.169 | 10.850 | 12.509 | 13.962 | 14.105 | 15.199 | 14.943 | 15.326 | 15.112 | 15.337 | 15.820 | 15.788 |
| Sudão | 1.809 | 1.541 | 2.016 | 1.884 | 1.772 | 2.178 | 2.224 | 1.917 | 1.918 | 1.965 | 1.967 | 1.778 | |
| República Unida da Tanzânia | 620 | 310 | |||||||||||
| Gâmbia | 391 | 399 | 500 | 377 | 418 | 350 | 517 | 382 | 677 | 917 | 1.078 | 947 | |
| Uganda | 131 | 668 | 645 | 1.354 | 1.590 | 1.769 | 1.753 | 115 | |||||
| Zâmbia | 311 | 1.525 | 2.558 | 1.546 | 1.915 | 2.358 | 2.117 | 1.876 | 1.946 | 2.076 | 1.943 | 1.957 | |
| Zimbabue | 735 | 1.451 | 1.251 | 1.682 | 1.690 | 1.866 |