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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argelia | 461 | 1.237 | 1.676 | 2.070 | 2.294 | 2.332 | 1.261 | 4.929 | 3.968 | 4.130 | 4.707 | 5.469 | 5.169 |
| Djibouti | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Egipto | 5.007 | 6.367 | 14.079 | 10.124 | 10.773 | 9.940 | 11.390 | 12.327 | 12.856 | 14.645 | 16.227 | 17.887 | |
| Marruecos | 1.228 | 2.553 | 4.993 | 5.523 | 5.491 | 5.656 | 5.820 | 6.165 | 6.139 | 7.216 | 7.890 | 7.495 | 9.897 |
| Túnez | 315 | 890 | 952 | 1.675 | 1.849 | 2.219 | 2.382 | 2.320 | 2.622 | 2.800 | |||
| Angola | 1.585 | 1.724 | 2.354 | 2.604 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 329 | 411 | 358 | 359 | 418 | 519 | 464 | 606 | 603 | ||||
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 30 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Burundi | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 94 | 89 | 133 | 91 | |||||||||
| Etiopía | 177 | 346 | 211 | 380 | 930 | 1.201 | 1.274 | 865 | 1.073 | 1.083 | 542 | ||
| Ghana | 57 | 883 | 900 | 928 | 833 | ||||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||
| Kenia | 1.017 | 2.031 | 2.488 | 2.328 | 2.816 | 3.437 | 3.675 | 3.903 | |||||
| Lesotho | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 227 | 439 | 610 | 621 | 739 | 633 | 800 | 638 | 860 | 855 | 770 | 814 | |
| Malawi | 135 | 105 | 159 | 205 | 401 | 409 | 334 | 393 | 428 | 499 | |||
| Mauricio | 213 | 826 | 839 | 787 | 855 | 991 | 1.110 | 1.035 | 1.086 | 1.123 | |||
| Mozambique | 244 | 533 | 1.066 | 955 | 1.388 | 1.112 | 1.274 | 1.157 | 1.295 | 1.278 | 1.247 | 1.655 | |
| Namibia | 55 | 439 | 332 | 364 | 1.608 | 739 | 3.423 | 2.005 | 342 | ||||
| Nigeria | 1.392 | 20.560 | 17.182 | 19.332 | 15.557 | 11.221 | 11.341 | ||||||
| Ruanda | 16 | 2 | 21 | 109 | 102 | 246 | 194 | 255 | 318 | 316 | |||
| Santo Tomé y Príncipe | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Seychelles | 3 | 91 | 106 | 13 | 58 | 67 | 105 | ||||||
| Sierra Leona | 150 | 122 | 350 | 113 | 300 | 480 | 200 | ||||||
| Sudáfrica | 7.528 | 13.509 | 16.985 | 18.040 | 19.522 | 20.499 | 20.871 | 20.475 | 21.594 | 22.676 | 22.381 | 22.542 | 21.583 |
| Sudán | 573 | 533 | 934 | 915 | 847 | 223 | 1.616 | 1.333 | 1.332 | 1.558 | 1.780 | 1.647 | |
| República Unida de Tanzania | 21 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Gambia | 24 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 23 | 56 | 45 | 45 | 69 | 54 | 53 | 105 | |
| Uganda | 27 | 228 | 413 | 725 | 1.076 | 1.046 | 1.291 | 1.359 | |||||
| Zambia | 14 | 240 | 378 | 470 | 633 | 398 | 527 | 682 | 793 | 1.072 | 1.190 | 1.083 | |
| Zimbabwe | 372 | 426 | 323 | 310 | 285 | 155 |