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A.4. Country-specific documentation

This appendix lists the data sources used to estimatethe population figures in the GIS database and other relevantinformation pertaining to the demographic estimates and GIS datasets. The data for the nineteen West African countries have beenestimated by Benoit Ninnin for the West Africa Long Term PerspectiveStudy (WALTPS) carried out by the Club du Sahel/OECD (see Ninnin1994). All other figures have been estimated by the author atNCGIA. Unless otherwise stated the administrative boundariesare the same as those in the African Data Sampler (WRI 1995) orin the WALTPS database (see Brunner et al 1995).

Algeria

Data for 1967, 76 and 86 were available as a digitalfile, produced by the National Statistical Office in collaborationwith the UN Software Development (POPMAP) Project (UNSD/DESIPA).

P60-90 based on the average annual inter-censal growthrates.

Angola

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (1987), BoletimDemografico No. 4, Projeccao da populacao do pais por provinciaspara o perodo 1970/95.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (1960), Censusof Angola.

There are no reliable data available for Angola sincethe last census was carried out in 1970. Since then, considerabledisplacement of people has taken place due to the civil war. All published data in the

Statistical Yearbooks and other publications (e.g.,the Economist's Intelligence Unit report) are estimates producedby the National Statistics Institute based on 1970 data in 1987. The accuracy of these estimates is obviously very limited. Still,these estimates were used for 1970, 80 and 90. For 1960, datawere obtained from 2) above.

Even though a district level GIS database is available,no data at this level could be obtained. A province level databasewas therefore used for this data set.

Benin

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. Recensement général de la populationet de l'Habitat. Tableaux statistiques, 1986.
  3. INSEE-Service Coopération: Républiquedu Dahomey, Enquête démographique 1961. Résultatsdéfinitifs, Paris 1964.
  4. Venard J.L: Urbanisation au Bénin. AreaInternational, Paris, Septembre-Octobre 1990.
  5. Lopez-Escartin N.: Données de base surla population, Bénin: CEPED, No. 6, Paris, Août 1991.

Botswana

  1. Botswana Census of 1991, Digital file obtainedthrough the Software Development Project, UN Statistics Division.
  2. Botswana Village Populations 1971, 81 and 91,Digital file obtained through the UNSD POPMAP project. Also containsdistrict populations for the three census years. But did notcontain the census figures for several urban areas for which 1991populations were available from 1).
  3. UN Demographic Yearbooks for 1971 and 1973 (containpopulation for fewer aggregate districts)

71 and 81 pop for Gaborone and Francistown estimatedusing the inter-censal growth rates for Gaborone Town between71-81 and 81-91 derived from the UN Urban Database. 71 and 81pop for towns from the census list obtained from the UN StatisticsDivision's Software Development Pproject, but not included inthe Botswana village publication were derived by using the overallBotswana inter-censal growth rates.

Some adjustments were necessary because the censuspublications did not match the districts in the administrativeunits coverage obtained from EDC/SADC via the Univ. of Arizona. First the populations listed separately for urban areas wereadded to the corresponding districts. Next it was determinedwhich district populations needed to be split into which unitsin the GIS coverage:

Central Serowe/Palapye into Serowe and Palapye;

Tuli population was estimated as a share of the Palapye;Machaneng and Bobonong populations;

Kweneng into Kweneng South and North;

Ngwaketse into Ngwaketse North Central and South;

The shares were determined as follows: First thepopulation of urban places in the districts obtained from 2) abovewere assigned to the correct districts (usually the coordinateswere obtained from the Times Atlas and the district into whichthe place falls was determined using the GIS coverage). Nextthe residual population was split weighted by area; where thiswould make little sense due to the nature of the districts' terrain,uniform shares were used.

P70-P90 obtained by using inter-censal growth ratesbetween the three censuses for which data were available. P60estimated by first calculating 1964-71 growth rates for aggregatedistricts as listed in 3). These rates were then applied forall new districts in each larger old district to obtain 1960 populations.

Burkina Faso

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. INSEE-Service Coopération: Enquêtedémographique par sondage en République de HauteVolta 1960-61, Paris 1970.
  3. INSD: Recensement général de lapopulation du Burkina, 1985: a: Résultats provisoires.b: Analyse des résultats définitifs. c: Structurespar âge et sexe des villages du Burkina. d: Principalesdonnées définitives.
  4. Courel M.F., A. Courel, R. Lardinois: Populationde la Haute Volta au recensement de Décembre 1975.

Boundary data source: USGS/EDC USAID/FEWS

Burundi

  1. United Nations (1971), Demographic Yearbook 1971,Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis,New York
  2. Groupe de Demographie Africaine (1986), Populationsize in African countries, IDP-INEP-INSEE-MICOOP-ORSTOM, Paris
  3. Republique du Burundi (1990), Recensement Generalde la Population et de 'Habitation, Resultats Provisoires, BureauCentral de Recensement, Gitega
  4. Republique du Burundi (1990), Annuaire Statistiquedu Burundi 1988, Institut de Statistique et d'Etudes, Gitega
  5. Republique du Burundi (1992), Annuaire Statistiquedu Burundi 1991, Institut de Statistique et d'Etudes, Gitega

Commune level data available only for 1990 census. Province totals for 1979 (15 provinces) and 1965 (8 provinces). Bujumbura (city) population treated separately based on populationfigures for 1965, 70, 79, 86 and 90.

P80 calculated based on province growth rates for79-90 period. P60&70 based on province growth rates for 65-79period. Earlier estimates are therefore only fairly accurate forprovince level, while for commune level, homogeneous growth rateswere assumed.

Cameroon

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. Dackam Ngantchou R., B. Hovy, E. Ngwe: Introductionà l'analyse démographique des villes moyennes duCameroun, Vol. I: IFORD, Juillet 1989.
  3. Champaud J.: Villes et campagnes du Camerounde l'Ouest: ORSTOM, Paris 1983.
  4. République du Cameroun: Démo 87:7 millions et demi en 1976, 10 millions et demi en 1987.
  5. République du Cameroun: Démo 87:Vol. III, Tome 1et Analyse préliminaire: Evaluation desdonnées: répartition par sexe et par age de la population.
  6. Margueraty: Analyse numérique des migrationsdes villes du Cameroun: travaux et documents de l'ORSTOM, Paris1975.
  7. Noisette: Rapport de mission 1992.
  8. Timnou J.P.: Migrations, Urbanisation et Développementau Cameroun: IFORD-CEPED, Cahiers de l'ILFORD, No. 4, 1993.
  9. Lopez-Lescartin N.: Données de base surla population, Cameroun: CEPED, No. 1, Paris, Août 1991.

Cape Verde

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. Portugal, Provincios de Cabo Verde: RecenseamentoGeneral do Populacao 1960: Lisbon 1975.
  3. Cabo Verde, Direction des Recenseamentos e ingueritos:recenseamento do populacao, 1980.
  4. CERPOD: Contribuicao para un estudo das migracoese urbanizacao en Cabo Verde, Monteiro C.A., Rapport de recherche,Vol. IV.

Central African Republic

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. Ministère de l'Economie, du Plan, desStatistiques, et de la Coopération internationale: Synthèsedes données de population, recensement de 1988.
  3. Atlas Jeune Afrique sur la RépubliqueCentrafricaine.

Chad

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. CEA (NU): Séminaire national sur la populationet le développement au Tchad, Décembre 1984.
  3. INSEE-Service Coopération: Enquêtedémographique au Tchad, 1964: Résultats définitifs:Tome 1, Analyse des résultats: Paris, Juin 1966.
  4. Nassour G. Ouaidou: Evolution des effectifs dela population des pays africains: Tchad. Groupe de démographieafricaine: Paris, Novembre 1979.
  5. Lopez-Escartin N.: Données de base surla population, Tchad: CEPED, No. 5, Paris, Août 1991.

Boundary data source: USGS/EDC USAID/FEWS

Comores

  1. Groupe de Demographie Africaine (1986), Populationsize in African countries, IDP-INEP-INSEE-MICOOP-ORSTOM, Paris

Data for 1958 and 66 censuses, and separate figuresfor Mayotte (belonging to France) for 1978 and the three otherislands for 1980.

Congo

  1. Republique Populaire du Congo (1987), AnnuaireStatistque, Ministere du Plan, Brazzaville (1974 data)
  2. Republique Populaire du Congo (1987), RecensementGeneral de la Population et de l'Habitat de 1984, Vol. 3: ResultatsDefinitifs, Tome I: Ensemble du Pays, Direction des Statistiques Demographiques et Sociales, Brazzaville

District level data available for 1974 - only provincelevel data for 1984. Province level growth rates were used forinterpolation, except for communes (6 major cities) for whichdata was available for 74 and 84, for Brazzaville and Pointe Noirealso for 1960 from UNSTAT. These cities were treated explicitly,while the residual population in the corresponding district wasinterpolated using aggregate province growth rates.

For 1960, the estimated figures were adjusted uniformlyto match the 1960 estimates of UN Pop Division for Congo.

Boundaries digitized from 1:1m IGN map.

Côte d'Ivoire

WALTPS pop estimates based on:

  1. Etude d'une Image à Long Terme de l'Afrique.
  2. Atlas Jeune Afrique.
  3. République de la Côte d'Ivoire:Ministère du Plan et de la Comptabilité Nationale:Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat,1988: a: Résultats provisoires par localité. b:Exploitation et comparaison 1965/1975/1988.
  4. Séminaire national de présentationdes résultats du RGPH, 1988.

Boundaries obtained from the National Committee onRemote Sensing and Geographic Information (CNTIG) in Côted'Ivoire.

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